BoG Q1 2016 Meeting Minutes posted
Submitted by Kyle Ramsey on Sat, 2016-05-07 18:27The minutes of the 2016 first quarter meeting have been posted in the BoG minutes page:
vPilot 2.0 Open Beta now available
Submitted by Mark Richards on Thu, 2016-04-07 09:38Ross Carlson is looking for some brave souls to try out the vPilot 2.0 beta version.
For details, visit the vPilot Forums.
VATSIM BoG Q1 2016 Meeting Notice
Submitted by Kyle Ramsey on Thu, 2016-04-07 00:15April 16, 2016 2000z on BoG TS Server
Open meeting, attendance, apologies, record ad hoc votes since last meeting - KR
Old Business:
1. GOV Department Updates with metrics (max 5 min each) - All
New Business (expect 20 minutes minimum for each of these)
1. Email to members who haven't connected in a while - PN
2. Interim social media handling - GL
3. Approval for new Welcome Email - DG
4. BoG Position Descriptions - MR
5. VATGOV10 Replacement - MR
6. Are we growing the business? - KR
7. CoC Update Committee - NB
VATSIM Global Convention, London 2017
Submitted by Mark Richards on Mon, 2016-02-29 19:47VATSIM is pleased to announce that the next global convention will be held in the summer of 2017. The host city has been selected as London; a city with diverse and vibrant cultural events and historic sights which can all be enjoyed alongside our event.
VATSIM Attending FlightSimCon 2016 in June
Submitted by Mark Richards on Mon, 2016-02-29 19:37Those who don't know, FlightSimCon is the biggest annual flight simulation and aviation conference in North America for pilots and aviation enthusiasts. The conference will be filled with exciting flight simulator demos, vendors and exhibitors, seminars, and social events. In 2015, over 320 people participated along with our ZNY and ZBW crew in North East US. This is a great opportunity to connect with simmers, real world pilots and controllers, developers, and of course fellow VATSIMers.
vERAM Launched
Submitted by Kieran Hardern on Sat, 2016-02-27 16:01Ross Carlson and VATSIM are proud to present VATSIM's newest air traffic control radar client: vERAM.
vERAM is a high-fidelity simulation of a real-world enroute radar system used in many US ARTCC facilities. The vERAM client has many of the features of its real world equivalent, such as:
R.I.P. Ton Out
Submitted by Mark Richards on Fri, 2016-02-19 10:37Long standing VATSIM member and VATSIM Supervisor Ton Out has sadly passed away on February 9, 2016.
Read the full details in the forums.
VATSIM Indicators
Submitted by Kieran Hardern on Wed, 2016-02-17 00:54I am pleased to announce the return of the VATSIM Indicators. This service (previously run externally to VATSIM) went offline at the end of last year. We are pleased to welcome it back, with some modifications and improvements!
You can login at indicators.vatsim.net to obtain your signature link and/or customise your image.
My thanks to Anthony Lawrence and Florian Harms for their work on this.
Board of Governors Q4-2015 Minutes Published
Submitted by Mark Richards on Tue, 2016-02-16 10:20Minutes of the VATSIM Board of Governors meeting held on January 16, 2016 for Q4-2015 (October to December) have been uploaded to the VATSIM Website.
To read them, please visit https://www.vatsim.net/meeting-minutes/bog
VATSIM Announces 2015 Golden Mic Awards
Submitted by Mark Richards on Sun, 2016-01-24 05:16VATSIM is proud to announce the 2015 Golden Mic Awards.
Golden Mic recognises the top 50 ATC facilities for online time during 2015 and shows the number of combined Controller hours and the percentage of the year that the position has been staffed.
This year, in addition to Golden Mic, we are privileged to award Silver and Bronze awards for the first time.
A big thanks to Florian Harms, Division Director of VATSIM Europe Division for creating the award templates.