Captains Call April 2019

Hello everyone and welcome to April 2019’s edition of the Aussie Big Ways Newsletters.

Our registrations still stand at around 112 people, we have lost a couple through injury and changes of personal circumstance and picked up a few more which is fantastic !

So, looking at my calendar we have only 7 and a bit weeks to go till our first Big Way Camp kicks off, please get your planning and preparation closed off soonest.

A little more information to pass on is listed below,
Blue Ones,
Greg
Team Captain, Aussie Bigways

 

 

 

 

Vertical Wind Tunnel at Perris Valley Skydiving

Individual tunnel coaching is available on site If anyone wants to take advantage of this they need to contact Grace Katz of Perris Organizers. Her e-mail address is: grace@perrisorganizers.com

Grace will be coaching and will bring in assistance from the available P3 coaches as necessary to meet demand.
The rate is $160 per 10 mins with a coach.

And from Grace: …without coach the Perris tunnel has a stand by price of $10 a min – $600 an hour so if they just want to fly then can call the tunnel directly: USA No +1-844-488-6635 or email tunneltime@skydiveperris.com

Event Raffles / Prizes

From Jen Domenico:
Square One is donating 2 Kiss Helmets and L&B is donating 2 instruments, which will be raffled off to Event participants, 1 of each during Camp 1 and then again during Camp 2. Each participant will receive a ticket at the start of each camp at no additional cost!

Australian Resident Update from Gail Bradley

Update from Gail Bradley on the Rules for the recognition of a participant as a Permanent Australian Residents for our Event
We have slightly changed the wording on Gail’s description [background] of recognition of gaining Permanent Australian Residency at her request – and included the applicable FAI Rules, in the end the bottom lines still stands true: If in doubt, contact the APF

To be considered an “Australian” for the purposes of making an Australian Record, whereby 75%+ of the participants, not including videographer, must be “Australian”, there are two tests.
1. Australian Citizen, or
2. Australian Resident issued with an Australian FAI Sporting Licence.
“Australian Citizen” is easy to prove. It’s a formal document issued by an Australian Government (Federal or State) that states the citizenship of the person, usually a passport or Birth Certificate.
“Australian Resident” is a bit more subjective, and includes tests such as having to be a resident in Australia for more than 185 days year, earning income and paying taxes in Australia, and/or being bound here by strong familial and love ties such as marriage, parents or children. It is usually subject to a government issuing a Permanent Resident visa, but can be more about whether the NAC believes the person is resident-enough to issue them an Australian Sporting Licence. Our sport is generally small enough that the APF knows who is living here and who is not. If someone somehow manages to obtain an APF Sporting Licence, and competes or makes records under that licence, ultimately the whole team will suffer and the record or performance will be struck off. In all cases, the rules are the final word. Here they are:

3.1.3 ISSUE OF SPORTING LICENCES: each NAC has the delegated power to issue FAI Sporting Licences on proof of identity to those of its individual members who are either citizens or residents of that NAC’s country. A Sporting Licence shall be considered to have been issued, if the holder is listed on the FAI Sporting Licence database by the authority that is issuing the particular Sporting License together with all the required information and the period of validity of that particular Sporting License.
3.1.3.1 Identification
3.1.3.1.1 The citizenship of a person is proved by an identification document stating his citizenship and issued by or on behalf of the government of the country concerned…
3.1.3.1.2 The residency of a person means the place where a person usually lives for at least 185 days in each calendar year because of personal and occupational ties, or in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he or she is living. The residency of a person is proved by an identification document stating his residence and issued by or on behalf of the government of the country concerned or by a sworn statement signed by the NAC President.
3.1.3.2 A person shall not, at the same time, hold a Sporting Licence issued by more than one NAC. An individual, who under the provisions of 3.1.3.6 elects to transfer from one NAC to another, may be issued a sporting licence by his new NAC only after notification to his former NAC and after withdrawal of any valid sporting licence issued by that former NAC. The Sporting License database will be updated directly by the FAI Secretariat once documentation from both NACs has been received.
3.1.3.6.2.2 Second Category Events and other FAI Activities. A resident of a country who is not a Citizen of that country may be issued with an FAI Sporting Licence by the NAC of his country of residence to participate in Second Category sporting events and such activities as record attempts, subject to 3.1.3.2 which prevents the holding of two sporting licences at the same time.

Once either test 1 or 2 has been found factual, the APF may issue an Australian Sporting Licence to the Australian Citizen or Resident, under the authority granted to the APF by the ASAC (Air Sports Australia Commission), our NAC (National Airsport Control). This document is an official “FAI Sporting Licence”, issued by the Australian NAC.
All skydivers must hold only one FAI Sporting Licence. They must relinquish their previous licence upon the APF issuing them with an Australian FAI Sporting Licence. It is not enough to cut it up. Positive action must be taken to relinquish a former Sporting Licence. The holder must formally write to their previous country advising them to cancel their previous Sporting Licence.
ow is this checked? In the end, all Sporting Licences must be entered on the FAI database by all NACs that issue them. Usually this is done by the APF in advance of a record attempt, WPC or World Cup. If a holder is found to be holding multiple Sporting Licences issued by multiple countries, the record or performance will be declared null and void, medals have to be handed back, performances struck off the books. There is also the problem called “cheating” and reputational risk which the APF does not wish to incur, so it is careful in issuing licences to people from other countries until it is satisfied they live here.
However, do not confuse an FAI Sporting Licence with a “membership” of a club in another country. Skydivers who jump overseas are often required to join clubs, usually for insurance purposes, in order to jump there. However, they still have only one FAI Sporting Licence issued by their Australian NAC.
If in doubt, contact the APF, check your name is loaded only once on the FAI database, and hurry up and cancel your former Sporting Licence from another country if it is not.
Regards,
Gail Bradley
APF National Judging Officer

3.1.3 ISSUE OF SPORTING LICENCES: each NAC has the delegated power to issue FAI Sporting Licences on proof of identity to those of its individual members who are either citizens or residents of that NAC’s country. A Sporting Licence shall be considered to have been issued, if the holder is listed on the FAI Sporting Licence database by the authority that is issuing the particular Sporting License together with all the required information and the period of validity of that particular Sporting License.

3.1.3.1 Identification
3.1.3.1.1 The citizenship of a person is proved by an identification document stating his citizenship and issued by or on behalf of the government of the country concerned…

3.1.3.1.2 The residency of a person means the place where a person usually lives for at least 185 days in each calendar year because of personal and occupational ties, or in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he or she is living. The residency of a person is proved by an identification document stating his residence and issued by or on behalf of the government of the country concerned or by a sworn statement signed by the NAC President.

3.1.3.2 A person shall not, at the same time, hold a Sporting Licence issued by more than one NAC. An individual, who under the provisions of 3.1.3.6 elects to transfer from one NAC to another, may be issued a sporting licence by his new NAC only after notification to his former NAC and after withdrawal of any valid sporting licence issued by that former NAC. The Sporting License database will be updated directly by the FAI Secretariat once documentation from both NACs has been received.

3.1.3.6.2.2 Second Category Events and other FAI Activities. A resident of a country who is not a Citizen of that country may be issued with an FAI Sporting Licence by the NAC of his country of residence to participate in Second Category sporting events and such activities as record attempts, subject to 3.1.3.2 which prevents the holding of two sporting licences at the same time.