Archive for January, 2008

Welcome! (No Meeting)

Monday, January 28th, 2008 10:36 pm by Falling Illini

Hey everyone! Welcome all of you new skydivers who signed up during Activity Day. We had a great turnout. I thought we were going to have a meeting this Thursday, but unfortunately we are going to have to postpone it. However, you don’t need to go to it to go skydiving!

This is how it works: if you want to go skydiving any weekend simply email me your name, what day you want to go, your phone number, what type of jump you want to make, and if you can drive.  If you have friends coming with you just send me their information, or email. If you don’t know what type of jump you want to do check out fallingillini.org under “My First Jump” or “Types of Jumps.” Or you can email me and I can give you suggestions. It’s that easy!

 It’s looking a little cloudy this weekend but if you want to go we will take you down! Blue skies! 

Falling Illini’s New Year’s Resolutions

Monday, January 28th, 2008 9:41 pm by Falling Illini

I’ve been thinking about some things that I would like to see happen before I take off, before the end of the semester. So here are a few ideas, some goals that I think we can accomplish!

250 New Jumpers

5 New Licensed Members

Cool, new flyers for publicity

Give aways on the radio

Raffles for tandems for fundraising

Travel to dropzones around the state

Skydiving courses on canopy flight

Getting a Falling Illini Parachute

Hosting a Skydiving Collegiate Invitational

New contests for members

All of these goals are possible with the help of our jumpers, members, and supporters. With your help we can share the wonderful sport of skydiving with everyone!

 

We’re Going Skydiving!

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 5:21 pm by Falling Illini

Welcome back to the beautiful blue skies! I know it’s cold out, and you’re getting back into the swing of things but if you want to go skydiving too, then we’ll do it! If you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane this weekend email me back with your name, the type of jump you want to do, your number, and if you can drive. We’ll get you set up.

 Blue skies,

 Daniel

Back to Skydiving!

Sunday, January 13th, 2008 10:08 pm by Falling Illini

Welcome back! I know for most of you this time of year means back to school. But hopefully it will help that this also means we will be getting back to skydiving. I hope you all had a great break and for those of you who went skydiving despite the weather I salute you!

We have some Upcoming Events that you should be aware of.

Activity Day

Tuesday, January 22nd     11-4     Illini Union

Similar to Quad Day. RSOs publicize their organiztions with booths. We could use your support!

Spring General Meeting

Thursday, January 31st    6PM  (Tentative)

For those of you first timers who want more information. We will also be addressing some business issues such as publicity, give aways, competitions, and the Falling Illini next year. Hope to see you there!

Aviation Career Night

Monday, February 4th

Falling Illini will have a booth at the career night to info people about skydiving. We would love your support!

Also, a big congratulations to Mike Murphy for getting the most University of Illinois staff skydiving! Great work! He’ll be receiveing $150. Thanks to everyone who helped and brought people out. 

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For those of you interested, we will have more competitions this semester. So keep reading those emails!