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Hi all VATPAC members, First of all can I thank you all for the patience you have shown during this last couple of weeks. I am now in a position to announce 2 interim appointments to the VATPAC Board. This announcement has been delayed due to me having to wait on an announcement from the BoG which can be seen here I am pleased to inform you all that Zach Biesse-Fitton has agreed to take on the role of Division Director/Administrator and that Ray Lang has agreed to become Deputy Division Director/Administrator on an interim basis. I am grateful to both of them for stepping up and volunteering to help. They will work together to keep the Division moving forward while also putting in place a permanent board. I am excited to see what they bring to the table and would ask that you all support them in all that they do. Zach and Ray will make further announcements as time progresses to keep you all informed of what their plans are. Please join me in welcoming them both into Senior roles at the Division. Thanks Alan

Hello Everyone, The VATPAC Events Department is looking to become more transparent with the community regarding upcoming events. In order to achieve this we have compiled a list of events that will be conducted from now till the end of the year. Please find below the list of major events VATPAC will be conducting from August - December 2020. Events such as MRM, VFR Ops and World Discovery will continue as normal. Dates are in AEST Changes to this event schedule will be posted below. List of Events: Dates: 1AUG20 - 31DEC20 August: 9th | Light Up Tasmania 30th | Sydney -> Cairns Shuttle September: 19th | Panic Stations Alice Springs October: 11th | City Pair: Darwin & Cairns November: 1st | World Flight 2020 Departure 7th | World Flight 2020 Arrival 22nd | Guam -> Darwin Shuttle 29th | Light Up South Australia December: 6th | Cross The Ditch 19 20th | Real Ops Perth We hope you are as excited about these events as we are!!! Information for each event will be published at minimum 30 days before the scheduled event date! If you have any questions please email the team via [email protected] Regards, The VATPAC Events Department

Myself and Zac are happy to help out, and ask the VATPAC Community and staff to get behind us and help as one to bring VATPAC Division back to it formal glory as it once was. Ray Lang Deputy Division Director/Administrator

Was a great laugh hearing Rob dealing with the 747 conga line in Alice springs earlier this week. Good sense of humor even after repeating "No clearance, go to CTAF" for the sixth time. Cheers Rob!

To the valuable members of VATSIM Australia Pacific, I wanted to take this opportunity to announce that Harrison Scott recently provided notification to the remaining Board members that he does not intend to continue in the role of VATPAC Director Operations effective immediately. This decision has been under consideration for a while although the recent departure of Callum from Director Division was a determining factor on the timing of this announcement. Speaking on behalf of the Board, I would like to recognise the efforts of both Callum and Harrison. Harrison has been nothing but professional in his execution of a role that is one of the more difficult roles in the division. Operations involves a lot of data, documentation and what could only be described as rather boring and unrewarding work, however he has managed to effectively lead his team in a time of major change within VATPAC and VATSIM. Thank you for a fine job Harrison and I (and I am sure the remainder of the VATPAC staff) wish you well for the future. Callum came on board as VATPAC1 just over 12 months ago and hit the ground running to move the Division forward and build on the development of his temporary predecessor. Through his tenure he has built a strong team and oversaw the implementation of major change including but not limited to Audio for VATSIM (something that many will be unaware involved considerable manual labour), the new and much more functional (so far) VATPAC Discord Server and laying the groundwork in bringing about an all new controller client for your region. Part of the reason for the somewhat deflated feeling within the senior staff team in recent days is brought on by the fact that Callum was in some resects the glue that kept us coming back to the table engaged and motivated to moving the division's policies forward to bring a more inclusive and active community together. Again, Thank you for your efforts and I hope to see you return to the VATPAC staff team soon, where I expect you have a lot more to contibute. Regards Greg Barber VATPAC Non-Executive Director