Hossfly

Here are some topics where you could divert your efforts; Your DVPs just might be happy to receive your inputs BEFORE their actions.
Copied from the AMA Web Site.

Agenda for:

Executive Council Meeting
April 21, 2007
Muncie, Indiana
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Saturday, April 21, 2007

1. Opening Business
Introduction of guests
Additions to Agenda
Approval of January 2007 Minutes

2. President's Report
a. Approve new Finance Committee Member
b. Update from CIAM meeting

3. Executive Vice President's Report
a. Audit Report

4. Executive Director's Report
a. Staff 20-year Plan (Get Hired -hang around - get retired! Couldn't resist that one! Oh a thousand apologies. )
b. Membership Survey
c. Leader Club Exemption

5. NAA Report ......K. Maynard

6. Committee Reports
a. Insurance
1. Amend Liability Policy to extend coverage to SIGs ..... D. Mathewson
b. Electronic Technology .... S. Kaluf
c. Safety ...... B. Underwood
d. Membership Growth ..... D. Mathewson
e. Bylaws ........ A. Argenio
f. Flying Site Grant Program ...... C. Bauer
g. Nats Review ........ T. Stillman

Lunch

Executive Session

7.Old Business

8.New Business
a. Disaster Relief Program ...... T. Stillman
b. New look at Show Teams ....... Jeff Phillips
c. Discussion – Safety ramifications of seemingly escalating; “Extreme” modeling mindset and activity .... R. Hanson
d. Discussion – Re-evaluation of past and current AMA Experimental Aircraft Inspection procedures.
Referring to Giant Scale ARF and ARC aircraft. ...... B. Oberdieck

9. Awards


Edit: Attempt to establish spacing between subject and author due to RCU's removal of spacing in transmission.

STLPilot

My Feedback: (21)

Let's get a betting pool going to see what they are referring to as "extreme".

abel_pranger

Maybe there is clue on the AMA web site:

"On June 15-17 the 6th Annual International Extreme Flight Championships will be held at the AMA National Flying Site in Muncie Indiana. This site will bring the competition to a new level for both spectators and competitors alike."

'bring the competition to a new level' = 'escalating' ?????

How 'bout a betting pool as to whether this portends another 'do as we say not as we do' round of rule making.

Abel

ptulmer

My Feedback: (5)

I wasn't aware that it's the AMA's job to micromanage flying styles. For cryin' out loud, does anybody there want to put the brakes on stupidity? This could turn into another Rule 9 fiasco. (which is probably what Abel was inferring)

aeajr

My Feedback: (2)

I do not understand the concern expressed in this post. AMA recognizes that there is a growing interest in extreme manauver flying. This would include 3D, 4D and probably some other types of pattern flying, I would guess.

Where do you see any attempt to supress this trend? AMA ran an extreme flying event! There are articles in MA about it.

Safety is one of the AMA's primary interests. They examine situations and try to advise the membership of possible hazards and how to address them in order to enable flying, not to supress it. This is, in no way, micro managing flying fields. Flying fields are, and have always been under control of the local membership. However some good advice is always a good thing.

Would you not agree?

cyclops2

The problem with bigger and more powerfull is that there can be no restraints placed on,
" bigger-- more powerfull -- or progress."

If you do, none of the 3 items can get increased.

Is that cutting to the bottom line to brutally ?