ORIGINAL: Bob Mitchell
ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder
You can read whatever you wish into it, but again, you are wrong. It's not because they don't lean toward scale, but it is because they lean so far toward electrics, and foam airplanes. If you want to read all about how to make a geeky little nerd airplane go ahead. I'll pass.
OK, perhaps I've read more into your comments than are really there. If so, it's probably a result of your obvious affinity for scale building and your well known feelings about everything ARFS, electric and foam. I'll certainly take you at your word.
So let me ask you this, then. What WOULD you like to see in MA? You said you don't really want scale articles, or how to's on nerdy electrics, so what do you want? If you were suddenly given full editorial control of MA what would you do with it, keeping in mind that you're now Editor-in-Chief of a publication that serves the complete range of activities covered by AMA. I understand you don't want the magazine, but this is an entirely different question.
Not-so-sorry to butt in here, Mitchell, even though you are trying to argue with Stick'.
If I had that chance as "Publications Director"
since there is no designated "Editor-in-Chief" critter [:-], I would do this:
1. EC Member columns would be in front of the magazine. Any editorials would follow.
2. EC members would discuss AMA situations as they see those situations.
3. The number of different column for modeling stuff would be determined. That number would be divided by 12. For example there are 18 columns determined. 1/2 column is out, so 2 columns per month would be done. That's all.
I would solicit one model of 1 category, built-up or ARF to present each month as a "Build" article. Then 1 or 2 (depending on length) good modeling subjects presented. That's all.
4. Then the AMA News section. Now I have developed a great respect for the "In The Air AMA" , section of "AMA This Month".
AMA This Month would be presented about as now in the mag.
5. I would go beyond "editorial" and present to the EC, and the membership if necessary, that which is needed to bring MA into a profitable "Unrelated Business" as so determined by the IRC. There would be NO SECRETS withheld from the membership.
Advertising would significantly increase. Requiring less $$$ for a conscripted 130,000+ distribution each month, twice the nearest competition, MAN, about 60,000, is, IMO, absolute total insanity and Dereliction of Duty of the CEO.
If MA was paying all the bills, who would really care just HOW it was being accomplished??? [sm=greedy.gif]
BTW, I think all the numbers of the total distribution of the previous MA distribution year's copies, around 135,000, IIRC, are in the Nov. '08 issue which is now in my barn and I ain't gonna' make a special walk to go check on it.
After all that is done, I would think of more.
Horrace Cain