Community building day at SDC

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For anyone who wants to know. No fees or registration so just come out. A message from Keith "Nitehook" Nugent.


Team Funnel Day 8/21/04

Have you graduated AFP in the past year? Have you been away from the sport for a while? Are you new to the area, and just want a chance to meet some new friends to jump with? Well, mark your calendars! Saturday, 8/21/04, is Team Funnel day at Skydive Chicago!

For those who don't know, Team Funnel is a loose organization of skydivers dedicated to the belief that no one should have to jump alone. We specialize in jumping with low-timers -- an informal mentoring program with an emphasis on safety -- but go out of our way to make visitors feel at home as well.

Every weekend, there are Team Funnel members around the dropzone, so if you ever find yourself at Skydive Chicago with nobody to jump with, just go into manifest and ask them to page a Team Funnel member to the office. Next Saturday, 8/21/04, though, it's going to be even easier! There will be sign-up sheets around the hangar where you can just write your name down, and We'll come find you! We'll have plenty of jumpers on hand who want to jump with you, talk about the sport, or re-tell their stories about when they first started jumping. We'll have people of all different experience levels, so whether you have 20 jumps or 500 jumps, come out, sign up, and get jumping with us!

If you're a member of Team Funnel, or are an experienced jumper interested in joining Team Funnel or just helping out by jumping with some new jumpers, contact Keith or Bill to let us know..

If you're a new skydiver, or just new to the area, and interested in meeting and jumping with people, email keith@teamfunnel.com or tequillabill@teamfunnel.com, or just show up on Saturday, 8/21/04.

When the jumping is done and the daylight is gone, we'll probably relax at the Tiki Hut with some of Chef Tim's famous food, libations, and the usual skydiver B.S. and banter. Plan on spending the night and hanging out afterward, when all the good stories come out!

There are no fees or limitations on your abilities or experience level, and no pre-registration requirements. Just show up and be ready to jump. Sign-up starts at 8am, with jumping starting at 9am, so show up early to get in a full day with multiple jumps. If you can't make it out that early, come out when you can; we'll be jumping all day.
The only rule is that you must be a current skydiver; you must have completed your AFP training, be qualified for your "A" license, and be current with your jumps... in other words, you need to be qualified to jump without an instructor. While some Team Funnel members also have coach or instructor ratings, we are not, as an organization, instructors or coaches - just a group of people who remember what it was like to graduate AFP and wonder "what do I do now?"

Blue Skies!

-Keith "Nitehook" Nugent

Chris Schindler
www.diverdriver.com
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Hey, apparently this is going on tomorrow. I'll be busy being Vallerina's pack bitch, but can maybe escape for a jump or two.

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