Red Scholefield

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Lets see how close the particpants in this forum are to the modeling community that will vote in the upcoming AMA election for President,

TimJ

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TimJ

Keep the votes coming.

phlpsfrnk

At this time a write in is getting more votes than two selected for the ballot. Makes one wonder how the selection process works.
What is the process?

Regards
Frank

Red Scholefield

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We may find that the denizens of this forum are not representative of the membership at large. After the election we should know better.

The process is covered in the AMA membership manual.

http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/memanual.pdf

phlpsfrnk

Thank you Red. I was aware of Article IX but did not know the standing rules were also in the manual. I'll know better next time, thanks again.

Regards
Frank

P-51B

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I am curious as to why Mr. Cain did not get on the ballot.

Candidate Guidelines:
(a) No person may nominate himself/herself for office.
(b) No person shall simultaneously hold two positions on the
Executive Council. In the event a person holding an office
is elected or selected to a second position on the Executive
Council, that person must choose which of the two
positions he/she will continue, such decision to be made
within 48 hours of the announcement of the selection, or
else the person so affected will be deemed to have selected
to remain in the first office held.
(c) Incumbent is automatically placed on the ballot, provided
that he/she has been properly nominated and accepted,
except that a 3/4 vote against may withhold the incumbent’s
name from the ballot (see Bylaws, Article IX, Section 2).
(d) All nomination letters must be received at AMA
Headquarters thirty (30) days prior to the convening of the
Nominating Committee’s Annual Meeting. If received by
electronic mail or fax, it must be received by close of that
business day at AMA Headquarters, Muncie IN.
(e) Candidate must be a legal resident of the district in which
the election is being held; this does not apply to the office of
President or Executive Vice President.
(f) Candidate must be a current AMA member with Leader
Member status (other qualifications apply to the office of
President and Executive Vice President, Article IX, section
3).
(g) No person elected to and serving as an active member of the
Executive Council shall be paid for any regular column or
article in Model Aviation magazine. Exception may be made
for such articles as the coverage of special events provided
prior arrangement was made for said article. Articles and
columns printed in the “AMA News” section are not paid
contributions. No paid columns may be submitted after the
individual has been placed on the ballot.
It is strongly recommended that nominations be mailed by
certified mail, receipt requested.
Candidate Acceptance:
(a) A letter of acceptance by the candidate must be on file at
AMA Headquarters 15 days prior to the meeting; if by
electronic mail or fax it must be received by close of that
business day at AMA Headquarters, Muncie IN.
(b) Along with a résumé of professional qualifications and
model aviation experience, your résumé should include, but
not be limited to, the following areas of consideration.
(Note: Campaign Statements to be delivered to AMA
Headquarters 10 days prior to the Nominating Committee
meeting in a sealed envelope. Those not nominated will
have his or her statement returned unopened. Campaign
Statements will remain sealed until after the Nominating
Committee has deliberated and determined the candidates.)
Adopted January 2008
1. Management experience.
2. Financial background.
3. Insurance employment and/or expertise.
4. Legal background.
5. Technical background, including areas of aeronautics,
electronics (especially in radio frequency propagation and
usage), acoustics (as related to noise studies and analysis),
and other areas of engineering.
6. Aeromodeling background must be noted. The individual
will be required, if elected to national office, to deal with
questions related to all areas of aeromodeling and should
have a broad-based background.
It is strongly recommended that these documents be mailed
certified, receipt requested.

phlpsfrnk

If I read the standing rules correctly, if there are more than three nominees the nomination committee votes on the three names for the ballot. Horrace not being on the ballot means he did not make the cut with the committee to be put on the ballot. He can still run as a write-in.

Regards
Frank

frankp

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The reason Mr. Cain was not on the ballot is that he is not a member of the "Good Old Boys Club" and is not liked by a few of the board members. Some of the EC members think he is "NUTS". The whole process is rigged to insure they get exactly who they want. This year we will have people on TWO ballots. What a process!

The entire nominating process needs to be revamped as well as rules for the appointment of people to paid possitions.