A district that is all it can be.
Ironic that District V was the first one or at least the first one that appointed an official "Computer Technolgy Coordinator" as announced in the District Report in MA a during 1999. Unfortunately the reason for the appointment did not reflect any interest in improving the communications and services to the district.
From: Rhodes, Tom
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:37 AM
To: '
[email protected]'
Cc: '
[email protected]'; '
[email protected]'
Subject: District V computer Coordinator
Dear Mr. Haught.
Please remove me as the District V Computer Coordinator from any future publications of Model Aviation. I accepted this make believe position because the position afforded me free AMA membership. It has resulted
in a dozen or so calls by AMA District VP Jim McNeil for computer help, and one call from a member who wanted help in getting an adventure game to run. I'm more than happy to help Jim McNeil with any computer question he has or may have in the future but I cannot continue on in this position because I cannot afford my professional reputation as a computer specialist be associated with the dismal use of information services by District V. Jim McNeil was pushed by his membership to start using the internet and email. He as done so reluctantly. He has
failed to take advantage of it's ability to communicate with his constituents or my recommendations. He had a free service that provide an email forum for District V and stopped support of it for political reasons. He has obviously shown that he only wants his constituents to receive the information he wants and does not want active discussion
with the members of district V. I can no longer allow my name to be associated with him.
Thank you
Tom Rhodes AMA5317709 Blvd.Beverly Hills, FL 34465 ph. 352-527-0674
email:
[email protected]
cc: Jim McNeill, Dave Brown
Then we have a VP that is striving to make his District and the AMA all it can be. Visit the D-II web site
http://www.amadistrictii.org and then jump over to the pathetic excuse for the District V web site
http://www.modelair.org/ orchestrated by Mr. McNeill and ask yourself why.
Red S. AMA 951
District V - Is our district all it can be?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mathewson" <
[email protected]>
To: <
[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: District 2 Website
> Hi everybody,
> If you haven't visited in a while, swing by and take a look at the revamped
> AMA district 2 Website. New Webmaster, Doug Crawford, has worked wonders on
> our site in the one short week he's been working on it. Our aim here is to
> make our district website a place where someone will be able to find any
> information they're looking for regarding District 2.
> On the club pages, there are now email addresses and website links to all
> clubs that provided this info. We have linked to Bill Lee's, District 8
> Webmaster, club locator system. If you haven't tried this feature yet, give
> it a shot. It's really slick. And... we have a new District 2 Event
> Calendar. Our calendar operates and is laid out similar to the AMA
> Competition Calendar. The major difference is that members can interactively
> enter their club events. Try it out by entering your upcoming club
> functions. Go to our website at
http://www.amadistrictii.org, click on
> "District II Calendar". Highlight the date of your event, click on the
> "plus/minus" sign by the date, enter your event information, and hit submit.
> Doug has other changes he plans on making in the upcoming weeks. If you
> have any ideas or suggestions on how we can improve the site, drop Doug an
> email using the "contact the webmaster" link on our homepage.
> Thanks for taking a look,
> Dave
>
>
> Dave Mathewson
> AMA Vice President, District 2
> 7271 State Fair Blvd.
> Baldwinsville, NY 13027
> 315.727.4275
> 315.635.1039 (Fax)