I am the President of a small AMA chartered Club. I am also the contact point. I have received several solicitations from companies urging me to tell our members about fuel, model kits and now the latest flim-flam is someone calling themselves Hobzob.com which appears to be an attempt to look like an imitation of RCU. I will paste the email at the end of this post. What was curious about this email was that it offered a BBQ package to the club if you added your club name to their website. Funny thing is, there was NO link in the email to allow you to do this. Secondly, two different attempts to email them resulted in this reply: "Sorry, your message was not sent out to 'hobzob-rcclub-promo'
because only list administrators are allowed to post messages" and another came back as undeliverable. What I resent is that these people are abusing the AMA website and procuring a mailing list which is not the intent of the site. Has anyone else been contacted, and can AMA do anything to stop this practice? Ted Boz, AMA 820

Email received 4/2/09

A special invite for your club
Hello,

I love great airplanes. I know you do too.

Some call us "plane nuts." So what? We appreciate the appearance and performance of a classic radio-controlled airplane, we prize the sensation of flying a well-engineered plane, our creation and handiwork in flight. And, we get deep, silent satisfaction when we fly our planes and see a youngster's face as they jump excitedly to see our plane; or a senior pulled back years in life's memories by the pristine quality of our plane that reminds them of a different time.

And, we share our passion for planes in our clubs. Our community to enjoy each other and our planes... for fun... food, drink, and laughter.

That's why my friends and I built Hobzob. For you. For us. So, we can all share with our friends and with the world the great experience of great planes, great clubs, and the friendship that surrounds them.

Please join us on Hobzob by adding your rc plane club.

Click here to add your club on Hobzob by April 30, 2009 and your club will receive a FREE Club BBQ Pack from Omaha Steaks® (16 Juicy Gourmet Burgers plus 16 Plump Gourmet Franks).

I want you to enjoy Hobzob and I want you to enjoy great meat from my home state of Nebraska, too. When you add your club to Hobzob, I'll send you a delicious Club BBQ Pack from Omaha Steaks. Enjoy it with everyone at the next club meeting (or, eat it all yourself and we'll keep it our secret).

Thank you.
Sincerely,

David Hahn
COO, Hobzob.com
..................Remainder of email was a repeat of the above info.....................