On Saturday, July 6, 2013 7:10:24 AM UTC-6, Sean F (F2) wrote:
Kirk,



One cool thing about Delorme is you can change its update cycles to you preference. Example, 1 minute for contests. 5 or 10 minutes for record flights or CC. In this way you minimize your data usage and can use a lower data plan that costs less. You cannot do this in the air (need to hook up to a PC), but it only takes a few seconds to change this.



I think we (ssa) should try to negotiate group pricing. But we would need 100 or so to do this....



I would be very willing to lead this negotiation with their CEO who I have spoken with several times already...



Maybe we could email a poll to the SSA membership and see what level of interest there is?

The SSA membership could be polled, though there are likely other approaches. Group unit pricing is best left to one or more of the soaring community's enterprising vendors, with whom the SSA does not wish to compete. Negotiating a special subscription for SSA members could be a win-win, similar to the SSA group plan discount for AOPA members.

Frank Whiteley