January's 2-hour zoom show has been approved by ACTAR for 2 CEUs. This show will be free for NAPARS members, and just $5 for non-members.  I'll be discussing a case study involving an EDR file that initially seemed to disagree with physics...But EDRs are fabulously reliable...What happened? Could it be that the module failed? Can we trust these things? Could it be alien beings interfering with the electronics? We'll talk about it.

Peace. -W

We are accepting registrations for a one-week advanced motorcycle crash reconstruction class for next May. This has been approved for 35 ACTAR CEUs. More details can be found in the Events tab, here: NAPARS - Advanced Motorcycle Crash Analysis

Someone is trying to scam people with a PHISHING email that purports to be from our treasurer, though the email address is all wrong. These phishing mails are NOT from NAPARS. Please don't respond to whoever it is - doing so only gives away the fact that you're a real person reading the crap they are sending out! Please just delete it, and be ever mindful of scammers, right? Especially during the holiday season.

Stay safe out there! Peace. -W

The video of today's Zoom show, Equations we love and sometimes hate, along with the slidedeck have been uploaded to the Reference Library. Next one is Monday January 9th. Peace. -W

The election for our Board of Directors for the 2023-2024 term is complete.

Each member could vote for up to six (6) names for the NAPARS Board of Directors. The winners are shown below in highlighted bold with vote tallies. I thank those who stood for election, and those who participated by voting. 

President = Tommy Sturdivan 175 (one vote each for Matt Jones and Donald Trump)

Vice President = Richard "Rick" McAlister 174 (one vote for Matt Jones)

Treasurer = George Meinschein 177 (one vote for Matt Jones)

Secretary = Adam Hyde 174 (one vote each for Elon Musk and Matt Jones)

Six Board Members:

C. Greg Russell  152

Bill Focha  141

Susan A. Lantz, Ph.D.  130

Hugh Bean  123

Brian Fowler 123

Vladimir Bortchevsky  107

 

Not elected:

Dr. Rick Wakefield  102

David Danaher  84

Matt Jones  1

Peace. -W

The five 2-hour Zoom training sessions we ran in lieu of the 2022 Joint Conference are now done. They were each recorded, and the videos and powerpoints have been uploaded to the Reference Library. Thanks to the presenters for sharing their time and knowledge, and allowing us to preserve those training sessions like this. Enjoy! Peace. -W

Between now and next Sunday, the poll to select the next Board of Directors is active. Member should have gotten an email to this effect, with a link to vote. Please ping me offlist if you didn't get it (check your spam file first, though, eh?). Peace. -Wade, admin@napars.org

The powerpoint slides and the recorded 2-hour show for the 2nd and 3rd presentation in this Zoom Series have been added to the NAPARS reference Library. 

Remember back before the plague? Ahhh, good times. NYSTARS hosted a good conference on pedestrian issues, crash recon, and PRT, with testing, videos, and some great presentations. I have uploaded the presentations as well as a bunch of the other collected peripheral info that came to me from that conference to the Reference Library, in its own "2018 Join Conference" directory. Members can get there from the website. Peace. -W

The 2-hour Zoom presentation on Research & Resources for Reconstruction has been uploaded to the Reference Library in the MEMBERS tab, as has the powerpoint presentation (in PDF format). The next show is next Friday: 2 hours with Greg Russell on Momentum. Be there or be square!

Peace. -W