A New Year (Jan 2020)

[hotairballoonist]

Welcome to 2020!

CALLING ALL BALLOONISTS.

Whether you are a BFA member or not we would encourage taking their survey.  The Balloon Federation is working with the FAA to help with the new regulations coming down the pipe.  We need as much data as we can to help them help us.  Please take the time to answer a few questions that can be a huge help to all of us.  Here is the link.  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BFA2020

The survey is very well done and does not take a tremendous amount of time.  Please help with your input!  The link is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week but will end in about a week.  So don’t forget about this.

 

Chat Rooms,

We are not seeing much in the way of activity in our chat rooms.  We have several private chat rooms and a few public ones.  When you are on the computer working on something, take a moment and log into a HAB chat room.  You may find yourself in a fantastic conversation with a fellow balloonist or even being able to pass on your passion to a curious potential crew member or future balloonist!  You just never know.

 

New Tutorials,

As many of you know there are dozens and dozens of video tutorials in the Download Center of HAB.  These videos can be super helpful with teaching how to use the site.  These tutorials explain how to use many of the features of the site.  When we first created them we used the Flash format.  This format has been phased out on the web and on many other platforms.  We have begun the process of making new tutorials in the MP4 format.  This allows for them to be played on any device at any time.

 

New Downloads

We have a new feature on the main forums (front) page.  This feature will show you, at a quick glance, the most recent additions to the download section.  For the near future this will be mostly the new video tutorials we are creating but we are also uploading new maps and other items as well.  This is a great way to keep up on what downloads are new on the site.

 

Advertisers

We are looking for a few advertisers for the site.  Do you sell balloons?  Do you sell a product that balloonist’s use?  Do you know someone who has products you have used?  Check out our banner advertising on the site.  Showcase your product to all balloonist’s.  Sign up is easy and available in the store.  You can have a banner up and running on the site in just moments.  We can even help build an ad for you if you wish.

 

Seminar Season,

Yes in deed it is Safety Seminar Season.  If you have a seminar and would like to have it placed on our calendar please send the details to me at Info@HotAirBalloonist.com and I am more than happy to post a listing for you!

 

All for now,

but THANK YOU all for the continued support for this site and all YOU DO for the balloon world.

 

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Jeff A Thompson.

Administrator for HotAirBalloonist.com