MikeL

Oberdieck is one of the VP's that is very hesitant to express his opinions. The few times he has put things on the net it has been used to his disadvantage.. including by me. It's taken me a long time to be able to get any response from him. He IS very dedicated to the AMA and to modeling. He just has a difficult time showing it. Next time, try calling him. He does much better on the phone.

I used to harp about the VP columns containing little more than pictures of members and planes. Each of the VP’s will tell you the same story. They tried to write about things that should be of importance to us all. The members of the Districts have made it clear they prefer their picture as opposed to information, and so you have it. I went back in the AMA archives and found what they said to be true. The new ones try and get beat into submission. At one point I ran a poll in the AMA forum. Darned if it did not show that the members wanted information on clubs and pictures, as opposed to information on the AMA.

If you are expecting me to support Muncie as the home of the NATS, don’t. On the bright side the “Grand Event” is now starting to travel around the country. Maybe it will do what the NATS used to. It has a much more ‘hands on’ approach than the NATS for kids and adults alike. My honest attitude is that he have Muncie and are likely to have it for a very long time. No amount of P&Ming is going to change it. I look at the few dollars of my dues that go to Muncie as a gift to the AMA. It is probably as good a place as any to store the money necessary to get insurance. If we are lucky, it’s value is increasing. The only way I can justify it is as an investment.


JR