I hope I did not give some readers the impression that the above post by me was penned by me...as stated in BOLD LETTERS "LIFTED FROM THE PRO-BRO Forum" I simply cut and pasted what I read as information that was posted by a member that was at the meeting.

I also received a message from Dave Mathewson, District 2 VP:

Hi Jonathan,
I want to clear up a mis-conceprion you may have re: your comments:

"For clarification, You had the first motion for the "removal of the wording from rule 9", that was my motion. The second motion was to table the first motion. Those that voted against the second motion were IN FAVOR of the first motion and wanted a vote. VIII is Sandy Frank. Then you see a motion to refer it to commitee for "alternative solution to Safety Code Radio Control item #9 the portion dealing with any part of the model touching the ground other than the land gear. A report is to be given at April 24, 2004 EC meeting." Just wanted that to be clear. "

That's not necessarily true. Not all who voted against the second motion were in favor of the first. I.E. some voted against the (second) motion to table AND the (third) motion to send it to committee. I'm not sure that means those that voted no to both were in favor of the original motion, but might conclude they weren't (just my opinion because I don't know for sure). And.... some of us who voted to table the original motion did so because it didn't appear to have enough support to pass, which would have killed the issue (and left the wording intact). The best solution, at the time, was to send it back to committee to investigate alternatives. Knowing Don Lowe's position on this, it seems reasonable to conclude that the Safety Committee will try to find a way to address the concerns of some, while at the same time removing the wording in question. If the Safety Committee can do that then I think that would be a workable solution for everyone.
Dave Mathewson
AMA Vice President, District 2

To which I responded:

Thanks for the clarification sir, I just posted what I garnered from another forum (I actually cut & pasted it) from someone that attended the meeting. Not trying to state fact, just passing on what I read hoping it may be of intrest to some readers.

Hopefully all this will reach a happy ending, and we can all get back to improving our flying skills through rigorous practice and have the ability to "WOW!" the audiences that come out to watch us fly.

Thanks again!

Jon