I support Dave Mathewson 100%.

I have had e-mail conversations with him and discussions in a closed forum.

He is a much more open minded candidate than the other two. He does not like the idea of slapping a rule in the safety code everytime a liability issue comes along.

He was asked to participate in a closed forum discussion with the Profile Brotherhood, and he accepted. All who know of the Brotherhoood can testify that we often forget to pull punches, and say what we feel, any way that we feel. Things can get "ugly" in a closed forum, more so than in an open one like RCU. Dave Mathewson entered into the discussion, and left the forum with the respect of the Profile Brotherhood. Many of the Bros are now speaking in favor of Mathewson, and not only against Brown.

Do you want to have more rules about liability, that have nothing to do with safety added to the AMA Safety Code? Maybe you care, maybe you don't. Just ask yourself , "What if I cared about what the rule took away?" Do jet pilots want tighter rules regarding speed? Do giant scale guys want more regulation of flight weight? Should electric pilots fear regulation of Lithium power use? Should 3D pilots fear more rules about 3D flying?

What would it take for you personally to decide that enough is enough? How about a ban on certain color planes? Some colors are harder to see than others, right? We all have seen or flown planes that seem to be invisable at a certain altitude or attitude. Should the AMA have the power to ban the use of that color on an airplane? By current leadership standards they do. They "THINK" it's a problem, so they "HAVE TO ACT". Some planes tend to be more unstable than others. Should the AMA be able to regulate the kind of planes we fly? Some planes, warbirds and other true scale planes, are very hard to land well, correct? If it is more dificult, does that make it more dangerous? Well, looking at the last few years of AMA rule changes, it sure seems so.

Not only is the addition of rules a real downer, but how was it done? Do your research, and see. How was the decision defended by President Dave Brown? He used condescention, guilt, and pure fiction to defend a dying rule. That is not the kind of leadership that I feel the AMA membership is in need of. In one of his articles this year Dave Brown asked the members "how far is too far" or "how much it too much". When we answered him, look at his reaction. More condescention, more guilt, and more fiction.

Dave Brown has served the AMA for as long as I can recall (showing my youth in the AMA here) and has had a good record, as I understand. That does not change the fact that his time is over. I want a President that thinks like Dave Mathewson.