Todd,

I'd have to see the bylaws, but I don't think that the board "recommending" a vote would automatically make it null and void. Unless its specifically prohibited, its probably OK. I know our board typically makes a first recommendation on a great deal of the club's business matters because most of the other members are not willing to do the research required to form an opinion (i.e., they're too lazy to get off their butts to find out which way is up).

That being said, I think the stance they are taking and their method of doing it are bogus. If they don't want to hold an all-jet event, why don't they just say so?!?!?

One of the things that strikes me as funny is the comment "Among them are engineers who understand that a plane traveling at 200mph has an impact of four times that of a similar plane traveling at half the speed, i.e., a glow or gas powered plane." This technically is true, but any GOOD engineer would also point out that four times the impact at twice the speed doesn't mean four times as deadly or four times as likely to crash. I.e., speed is not the overriding factor in model aircraft safety. Are these guys related to DB? God I hate it when people too stupid to understand science and technology use it to justify their wrong-headed positions!

Bob