Horse feathers!!!!!!

The only $ involved is that I elect to spend out of MY modeling budget to support what I choose to be club actions. That means that if I think there is something the club should be doing (Charity Fly-In), I had better break out the wallet and support the event. Rarely am I able to get anything done just because I have a quarter more than Frank Flightpack. In fact, many in my club have more than I.

All it takes to have a good set of club officers is a little attention to details. All it takes to maintain a good working club and its interpersonal relationships is a little caring on the part of the membership. The "takers" have always been that way and bring that destructive approach with them to the hobby and the club.

Too many think that electing Frank Flightpack to some official club position is really enslaving Frank. Proof of that can be found in the incoming phone call records of most club officers. The officer corps gets told to enforce the rules, get the field mowed, fix this or repair that. Rarely does the "taker" bother to help or care about others in the club.

Sorry, but I am sure you are wrong and in my opinion you are not full of it but probably about a quart low today.

Here is a short list of some of the things it takes to make a good club officer.

Try caring enough to make a place for friends to fly.

Try being concerned enough that the efforts of others to acquire a flying field are not thrown away by the reckless actions of some Prima Donna's who think the world turns around on them. You know, the idiots that insist the rules are for you and I but not them. The one who go out to the runway and act like they own it and violate every safety rule in the book (club AND AMA).

Try caring enough to accost the student and ask why his plane is still in the car.

Try worrying enough that you care about the condition of the facility. I can land on the runway, so I have no personal need to see the grass mowed. But I help see that it gets done.

Be willing to give up some family time to organize, run, and manage various club affairs. Sometimes that also means giving up scarce flying time.

Those are typical issues dealt with by club officers.

I am one and have been for a long time. It is work, but my friends like the job I do.

My money is none of your darned business and my name is what *I* have made of it. It is not a big name, but at least it is real.