Dropzone Spring Cleaning

[Unstable 9]

Hey Everybody,

I'm organizing a Spring cleaning for our Dropzone (a club), and I want to know how many other DZ's do this, and if you do, a rough idea to the size of your DZ.

Hopefully it'll be a pretty big thing - we'll start at 8am and go til noon, and those who don't help out won't jump for the weekend. This goes for Students, jumpers, instructors, and even senior staff.

Do any other Dropzones do stuff like this? Or are we just mean??!!?

=========Shaun ==========

[ryan_d_sucks 0]

Haha, its hardly February... A bit too early and too damn cold to be calling spring time--

But that is kind of a cool idea.
(As long as beer is served at the end of the day)

[slotperfect 7]

All of our major rehab stuff and improvement projects happen over the winter.

Arrive Safely

John

[pilotdave 0]

We have a cleanup day every year in April. I'm always amazed at the huge projects that get done in a single day. We always struggle with the decision of whether or not to be open for jumping while work is going on. On one hand, it sucks for the volunteers that are working to see other people jumping. But at the same time, those people that aren't helping would be somewhere else that day if the DZ was closed, so we might as well be open and make some money.

Dave

[Unstable 9]

That was our discussion too. The problem is when we start jumping, it gets too busy too fast. A lot of the Senior staff are load hogs, so if we started jumping, stuff simply wouldn't get done, IMHO.

=========Shaun ==========

[LongWayToFall 0]

How about, if people show up and work for a couple hours they get a free jump? That way if people show up not knowing what is happening, they can still jump, and its still worth it for the workers?

[AggieDave 6]

Food and beer usually is a good motivator. When we've had work days at the DZ (that has included building rooms in the hanger, including a 2nd story office), we usually cook something at the DZ at the expense of the DZO if you helped work. Otherwise its a $5 chip in. That usually gets a decent handful of hard workers out there.

Sometimes a free jump has been tossed into the mix as well.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[voodew1 0]

I pay to jump at the DZ -- I work there as an instructor and the pay isn't that great.

No way am I cleaning or building anything ----- I found this out the hard way -- one DZ I installed an air conditioning unit (it was used) and was rewarded with $100.00 discount on a new rig ---- it was a 1500.00 job.

The DZ I am at right now could give a shit less about work done around there above and beyond the normal instructing

You will not be rewarded its not worth it - take a weekend off from jumping when all that shit is happening.

There again maybe the DZOs I have worked for are just tightwads

The pimp hand is powdered up ... say something stupid

[AllisonH 0]

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I pay to jump at the DZ -- I work there as an instructor and the pay isn't that great.

No way am I cleaning or building anything ----- I found this out the hard way -- one DZ I installed an air conditioning unit (it was used) and was rewarded with $100.00 discount on a new rig ---- it was a 1500.00 job.

The DZ I am at right now could give a shit less about work done around there above and beyond the normal instructing

You will not be rewarded its not worth it - take a weekend off from jumping when all that shit is happening.

There again maybe the DZOs I have worked for are just tightwads

The DZ the original poster is referring to is a small club DZ where things are done differently. Though the DZ is open to the public, it is owned and run by a college club. In order to keep things affordable for college students, they all pitch in and do much of the work around the DZ together. Because of that, many people (including myself) who would not otherwise be able to afford to jump have been introduced to the sport.

[Unstable 9]

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The DZ the original poster is referring to is a small club DZ where things are done differently. Though the DZ is open to the public, it is owned and run by a college club. In order to keep things affordable for college students, they all pitch in and do much of the work around the DZ together. Because of that, many people (including myself) who would not otherwise be able to afford to jump have been introduced to the sport.

Way to go Allison! Good description. Yes, the "party" is this Saturday, and we'll have soda and Pizza for all who help. Granted, it's not a 'wage', but it's how we jump for cheap!

=========Shaun ==========