Whow I'm impressed. Let's keep it going.

I agree that we need to FULLY FUND the FIA team costs. Before I get flamed what I mean is that the AMA should fully fund their travel and expenses to the FIA events. This includes Airfare, ground transportation, food, quality lodging, and transportation of their models to and from the events. Once they are selected to the Team I also feel that some sort of monetary stipend be paid to them to help defray costs for them to train prior to the event. Not a lot but something to help with fuel or materials. Lets say $500.00 per person. Not a lot but at that level anything helps. The SIG's should also be "encouraged" to help financally support these individuals.


As for National Media Exposure for the Nats, Scale Master, Top Gun JR Challenge, Joe Knoll (sorry I'm not versed in the Old Time, Rubber and Free Flight events) and other events. How about approaching Inside RC and Radio Control Hobbies to do 1 hour segments on these events. These to new Cable/Satellite shows are probably are best tool in this media. AMA should work with the sponsors (i.e. Megatech, Dubro, SIG and others) to assist us in recommending these events as programs. Also encourage them to run these shows Just before noon on the weekend when good non-rerun programming is hard to find. How many of us have settled on the History Channel or some other channel becasue there was nothing better to watch. This would be different and I know it would attrach viewers. I know I'd watch. Run an add on the Discovery Wings Channel for one of the shows and the full scale guys would watch because the Wings channel is re-run after re-run after re-run. Maybe even the AMA could run an add during one of these events. When you buy add time you are allowed input into the shows programing to help hit you target audience.