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<p>Thanks Matt. Please keep us informed of any opportunities to influence any proposed campus-based policies so we can do our best to limit the damage.</p>
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<p>Do you have any good reference material on when research projects qualify as hobbyist (and thus exempt) versus as something requires a COA?<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> UAS <uas-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> on behalf of Rahr, Matt - (rahr) <rahr@ag.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> UAS Interest Group (uas@list.cals.arizona.edu)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [UAS] Hobbyists and UAS usage within the UA domain</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Hey Gang,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">You may have seen Mike McKisson’s article today in UANow (email) and UA News -
<a href="https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/eye-sky-drone-help-students-tell-border-story">
https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/eye-sky-drone-help-students-tell-border-story</a>, titled
<i>Eye in the Sky: Drone to Help Students Tell Border Story.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Mike, Cody and I had lunch about a week ago before this article was released, where we stressed the importance of getting his UAS operators cleared as hobbyists.
Mike followed up with the FAA office in Scottsdale and received a letter confirming his usage as recreational. Hobbyists/Recreational usage does not require a COA, which allows him the freedom to quickly capture video for his project without filing additional
paperwork.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">That said, Risk Management reached out to Mike this morning and wanted to know more about the project. Mike explained that the FAA was contacted and approved
the project without a COA. However, Risk Management wants to get more engaged to draft policy at a campus level. It will be important that a campus-based policy does not further limit usage beyond what is defined by the FAA.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I’ll let you know of any updates.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Thanks,<br>
Matt</span></p>
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