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Good evening, fellow FPAW fans.

I'm happy to announce that a draft, high-level agenda for the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting at Campbell Scientific in Logan, UT from October 7-9, 2025 has been posted on the meeting web page. It's going to be an excellent, exciting and energetic three days of conversation, debate and idea exchange.

I'm also pleased to advise that registration for the meeting is now officially open, and that the registration form can also be found on the meeting web page. Do hurry and get signed up - the number two registration position is open for the taking (I already registered, so position #1 is already taken).

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair

Good evening, fellow aviation weather enthusiasts.

We know it's been several months since we've updated you on what's going on in the world of aviation weather and FPAW. So, without further ado, let's break that silence and let you know what's happening!

1. The Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting is shaping up to be, dare we say, a real barn-burner, can't-afford-to-miss event. Why, you ask?
   * It's going to be held at Campbell Scientific in gorgeous, mountainous Logan, UT where, in early October, it could be either perfect hiking season OR perfect skiing season. Somebody make a fearless long-range forecast!
   * It's going to be focused on topics related to our location (hint - Campbell makes weather sensing/observation instruments).
   * It should include some interesting and necessary conversations about long-held aviation weather standards (METARs, anyone?).
   * There may be a long-distance (maybe halfway across the world?) presenter sharing their knowledge with us.
   * And how about, just to spice things up, some rip-roaring FPAW organizational changes.
    
2. Speaking of FPAW organizational changes in general, and the FPAW Steering Committee (SC) in particular, we recently lost one FPAW SC member in-term (Marilyn Pearson, representing the Regulators constituency), have another whose external obligations are likely to result in another in-term resignation in the very near future, and will have four members whose terms expire at the end of September. We don't know how to say this any more plainly: if you've ever thought about throwing your name in the FPAW Steering Committee hat, NOW IS THE TIME! There could be as many as SIX (6) available opportunities for folks who are passionate about aviation weather to join and help guide the BEST aviation weather industry group in the world.  

We expect to have a high-level agenda for the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting posted by the end of this week on the meeting web page, where detailed logistics information is already posted. We will send out a reminder when the draft agenda goes live.

Stay tuned!

Matt Fronzak and Matthias Steiner
FPAW Co-Chairs

Hello, aviation weather experts.

What a successful Spring 2025 FPAW Meeting we held last week at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, FL. We are just now getting close to digesting everything we saw and heard, from the hundreds of young faces constantly in motion to all the aviation props (pun intended) and devices being used for instruction, to the actual ERAU flight line adjacent to campus. Woven throughout this entire scene was...wait for it...weather. 

But, we digress. We are pleased to announce that all meeting presentations are now up and available on the meeting web page. Accompanying them are pictures taken by some of our intrepid paparazzi. We hope you can use the former and enjoy the latter!

Finally, we'd like to invite you to join us at the HQ of Campbell Scientific in Logan, UT from October 7-9, 2025 for the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting. Details will be forthcoming!!

Matt Fronzak and Matthias Steiner
FPAW Co-Chairs

Good evening, aviation weather aficionados!

Matthias and I will be making our way to DAB tomorrow, me by car, him by air and car, with the ultimate goal of meeting up at our hotel and making sure we have at least Day 1 of the Spring 2025 FPAW Meeting under control. What happens after that...we'll see :).

You may be thinking, "Well, crud, I failed to register for the meeting, and now I'm going to miss all the outstanding presentations and conversations about Airmen Aviation Weather Education, Training and Certification (the theme of the meeting). But, wait, you can still register (even in person!) at this 11th hour. You just have to send me (mfronzak@mitre.org) an email (like my good friend Gordon Brooks did earlier today), grovel just a little bit (Gordon hardly groveled), and then you'll be registered and, most importantly, receive meeting invitations for the three days of EXCELLENT FPAW presentations and conversations. Please note that, while I'm on the road, there may be some delay in getting you registered. But, I will, eventually, I promise!

So, do not delay, send me that email and let me get you hooked up with the presentations and conversations of the best aviation weather industry group in existence!

Oh, and if you're wondering what's going to be discussed at the upcoming FPAW meeting, head to the Spring 2025 FPAW Meeting web page and take a look.

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair, Road Warrior, Welcome and Opening Remarks Deliverer, and Sessions 5&6 Co-Lead

Good evening aviation weather wonks (and I use that term lovingly)!

The registration form on the Spring 2025 FPAW Meeting web page is now officially CLOSED. 

I'm happy to report that we have 161, yes, 161 registrants for next week's excellent FPAW meeting. There are 54 In-Person registrants and an amazing 107 Remote registrants. We will definitely be able to claim that we had a good slice of the aviation weather community at, or dialed into, the meeting.

Now, you may be asking yourself "What if, even though the registration form is closed, I absolutely, positively want to register for and participate in the meeting? Is it absolutely, positively too late to register for the meeting and get the virtual connection information?"

I am pleased to report that the answer is "No, it's not too late." However, you'll have to email me, Matt Fronzak, at mfronzak@mitre.org, to accomplish this. And I cannot guarantee what kind of turn time I'll be able to provide (although I'm pretty quick for an old guy).

So, do not bemoan the fact that you've missed the opportunity to register. Reach out to me and I'll hook you up, as they say.

For those of you who have already registered, and especially those who are planning to attend in person, I look forward to hearing or seeing you next week!

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair

Hello, FPAW Fans.

You should be able to tell what I'm watching on TV by that salutation (hint - it's Opening Day!)

Registration for the Spring 2025 FPAW Meeting will end TOMORROW, at COB PDT (that's Close Of Business Pacific Daylight Time for you acronym-challenged people). We have an amazing 147 folks registered right now (excellent numbers, given relatively few Feds), and I'm guessing that we'll have another dozen or so before the registration form closes down. So, don't wait. Don't hesitate. Get your registration form filled out in the next 24 or so hours and join us for what is shaping up to be another OUTSTANDING FPAW meeting.

Speaking of that - the agenda has been slightly tweaked in the last day and the updated version is now online. Take a peek - we'll be having a GREAT conversation next week at ERAU in DAB. (Some more acronyms thrown your way - yet another hint).

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair 

Good morning, fellow aviation weather enthusiasts.

If everyone correctly listed their desired email addresses when they registered (it doesn't happen often, but sometimes...), and if I transcribed all that information accurately (a BIG if), and IF I have done everything correctly (a VERY BIG big if), the 119 of you who have registered for the upcoming Spring 2025 FPAW Meeting will have received three separate calendar invitations from me late yesterday.

So, on that note, here are two items for you:

1. If you believe you've registered, but have not received those calendar invitations, you can either re-register, or send me (mfronzak@mitre.org) an email letting me know you've registered but have not received the calendar invitations.
2. If you haven't registered, well, register before COB this coming Friday, 3-28-25, when the online registration form will close.

I look forward to seeing you next week in DAB!

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair