Here's the results of a survey I did back in 11/03. I think it still applies.
Here's the link: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_12...Climits/tm.htm

Hi Everyone,
First I would like to thank all the DVP’s and Dave Brown for taking the time to respond to my e-mails. The DVP certainly didn’t have to respond since I’m not in their districts. And, to be fair, even though I’m very critical of DB, he did respond quickly, which really surprised me. In fact, all those that did reply to my e-mails did so in less than an hour after they were sent.
Here are the results of my little survey:
I e-mailed all VP’s except D1, which didn’t have an e-mail address, Doug Holland and Dave Brown. I got responses from everyone except Dist 4, 5 and 9, and Doug Holland.
The only person who responded they way I thought the majority would was Bill Oberdieck, DVII who feels that each election is a “ term limit”.
The rest of the VP’s, and DB are in favor of term limits and 3 terms was the length mentioned most. However, the problem they all have with term limits is finding someone qualified to fill the VP’s position once the incumbent has to leave office since there is not a lot of people seeking office in many of the districts. The concern is that a qualified VP would be required to leave with no qualified person to take his place. In many districts it’s very difficult to find volunteers for the various positions, including AVP and the VP position. This concern is justified by the fact that only about 15% of the membership even takes the time to vote. In addition, many of the replies stated the amount of time spent on AMA business and the out of pocket money necessary to do the job as VP, further reducing the incentive to serve. Here in DII we don’t have that problem, as there seems to be enough volunteers, and I’m sure this applies to some other districts as well, but it is a major concern in many districts.
DB’s concern for the Office of President is a candidate running for office without the necessary qualifications/vision of seeing the “big picture” versus a narrow focus of ideas/issues that are important to him. He feels that one of the most important attributes that the President must have is the ability to prevent the EC from becoming “a house divided upon its self” and that type of person is not easy to find.
He has stated in the past, and still feels that the EC should elect a chairman from within its ranks and re-name the position of President to Chairman of the Board. He would re-name the current Executive Director position to President. He also feels that the EVP is the most important position within AMA, and with all the qualifications necessary to carry out the job, it should not be an elected position but a person appointed by EC.
To summarize:
1. I had an excellent response from the leadership of the AMA to my questions.
2. There needs to be a by-laws change before this can take effect.
3. Most members of the EC and DB favor term limits . However, before they can become reality the issue of finding suitable volunteers willing to serve on the EC needs to be addressed. Not an easy problem to solve!
4. The limit should be three consecutive term s
5. DB and several members of the EC feel it’s time to re-vamp the selection of the President and EVP to better reflect the realities that face the AMA today.
In closing I would especially like to thank Dave Mathewson for spending the time on the phone discussing this issue with me.
Regards,
Jon

PS. J_R, no problem. After all is said and done, after we get away from the darn computer, we're all modelers pursuing what we like best, building and flying!