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Old 03-08-2010 | 09:08 AM
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Default RE: Speaking of Magazines and Models:

ORIGINAL: Hossfly


ORIGINAL: Jim Thomerson

I was just thinking, years ago the AMA used commercial magazines, MAN, Flying Models, American Modeler, etc. to get the word out. I wonder if the AMA could make a deal with Flying Models to include the AMA advertising and services, and either include a subscription to FM as part of AMA membership or an option at a reduced rate. Just being nostalgic, I suppose.

Yeah, Jim, that is what it is: Old time thoughts.

In respect to your thoughts above, look where the AMA Bureaucracy is fortified:

8 employees assigned to ''Membership'', plus 3 assigned to ''Safety and Member Benefits,'' total of 11 assigned to member services.

2 employees assigned to ''Competition''.

THIRTEEN (13) employees assigned to ''PUBLICATIONS''. 4 more assigned to ''Information Systems''. What do they really do? The computer systems are leased.

10 to serving the membership. 17 to serving the ''SYSTEM''. Call it as you wish!

Looking for a new Media Manager. check http://www.modelaircraft.org/aboutama/hr.aspx

I wonder why someone already in-house is not PROMOTED to that position? [sm=confused.gif]

Being a tech person and working on websites and such I can understand 4 people for Information Systems. I have worked on big websites and it can be very overwhelming because everyone wants to do their own thing with it and usually at the same time. There is also the fact that it has to be updated constantly. The "computer systems are leased" usually means the servers that store the website information are offsite because no one at Muncie knows how to take care of them or they do not have the bandwidth to distribute the website out to the Internet. This does not mean that wherever the servers are located there is a staff of workers for editing the website, which can be more expensive than having your own in house web editors. Not sure about publications since I have no experience in that area. I assuming that Information Systems means web editors. I could be wrong. Pretty cool about the plans since I am a builder myself.