Any NWS office can offer the use of NWS facilities for aviation weather seminars or safety clinics where such action would not interfere with normal operational duties. For small groups, this can be the most effective method of presentation. This is because the audience is able to observe the actual functioning of an office and its equipment. Some seminars and clinics require that the audience pay an attendance fee. NWS personnel may make presentations at such occasions, but preference should be given to those seminars and clinics which are free to the public.
Many stations have material which can be used in seminars and clinics.
In addition, films, slides and handouts are often available from the regional headquarters. Academy at Oklahoma City. Requests for handout material should be coordinated through the ASOM at the appropriate regional headquarters. Arrangements for such materials should be made well in advance of the date of the planned seminar or clinic to insure that it will be available. Where the topic is left up to the person making the presentation, this makes the preparation easy, since the topic chosen can be one with which the lecturer is most familiar.