As many of you know from last time, I was able to raise a little bit of money in order to do some advertising. We purchased two banners that were sent around the district to AMA members who took the initiative to ask for them, and then go out and be vocal for a change in our District. I applaud them for their hard work. These guys are really the unsung heroes!

Even though we didn't win, we woke some people up! I think we have a great chance to win this time.

Money... Yes, we mailed out a flier to clubs and members last year. I had a supporter donate $1500.00 for this and he did all the work of putting them in envelopes and mailing them out! That was not enough to get to everyone, but some did get them. We then decided to put a couple of full page adds in Model Aviation. Jim got VERY angry about this, as I received a phone call from some of the Model Aviation Staff that he wanted the add removed, or he demanded that they GIVE him the same space for free! After it was all done, even the people at Model Aviation were hoping he would be defeated! Jim really gave them a hard time about the add, and he would not understand that it was a business transaction as far as they were concerned.

I would LOVE to be able to raise about $10,000.00 so that I can send a letter to every AMA member in District V! (Heck, just the postage alone is $9,250.00 for 25,000 members)! The "professional" people tell me that I really need THREE mailings to do a good job. Well, I don't think I'll raise THAT much money..........

I plan on doing just what Keith and others are saying. Passing out my fliers at meets, swap meets, club meetings, and such. I will also ask for help from others to do the same at their area. If every person would take on the task of enlightening their OWN CLUB, that would do it! Just think, only about 5,000 total votes were cast last time. My club has 200 members. If we get 25 similar size clubs to vote for me, that would be 5,000! I realize that no club, not even my own, will all vote for me, but the point is that we CAN go out and make a difference.

I will try to monitor this list as much as possible to answer questions, but feel FREE to e-mail me ANYTIME about ANY QUESTION you have for me!

The job of District VP is much, MUCH more than that of a photographer! Sitting on the EC and setting policy is something that we should NOT take lightly! Right now, according to two current EC members, we have THREE VP's that fall asleep during EC meetings! Ours is one of them! Come on, we can do better than that.

"Leadership, not Incumbency