ORIGINAL: abel_pranger
Not sure who Ron was referring to, but the 'right' answer has to be DB hisself. AMA had a sound committee for a number of years. All AMA committees serve at the pleasure of the AMA prexy. Apparently addressing the issue is just not in accord with his pleasure at this time.
IIRC the work of that committee resulted in [link=http://www.modelaircraft.org/site/product.aspx?id=8AE089F52A9F473D85F2D700A74045E8&d =7CCD22D1AB41442384BA7EFFC735EBCC]"Sound and Model Aeronautics".[/link] That book is an excellent, practical reference that every modeler should own, irrespective of their preferred model motive power.
Well, ok, maybe it's not such a big seller at the Geezer Events, but it sure needs to be read by any modeler flying powered models outdoors.
Personally, I grew more than weary of committes which had been formed with specific objectives turning into standing committees which refused to die. The prime examples were the CD and LM committees of which J. McNeill was so very fond.
IMHO DB didn't do anyone a disservice by retiring the sound committee; if anything he gets my pat on the back for pruning the committee tree in a timely fashion.
I just wish Shrub would follow the example set by DB, and get rid of some of the more useless parts of The Fed.
IMHO 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue would make for an ideal starting point.
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