AMA Executive Council Meeting - 2011/06

Note: NAA Representative Jonathan
Gaffney was not in attendance.
It was moved, seconded, and approved by
acclamation to approve the minutes of the
January 9, 2011, Executive Council
meeting.
It was moved, seconded, and approved by
acclamation to approve the Consent
Agenda.
Consent Agenda items:
Feb. 2, 2011: Distinguished Service
Award, Michael Casey mail vote.
Feb. 15, 2011: Conference call minutes.
Feb. 22, 2011: Fundraising and
Development mail vote.
March 8, 2011: Conference call minutes.
March 22, 2011: iPhone app plan mail
vote.
Motion I: Moved by G. Fitch (II) and
seconded by J. Soto (V) to accept the Audit
Report as presented.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion II: Moved by C. Bauer (VI) and
seconded by B. Teague (IV) to accept the
report of the Safety Committee.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion III: Moved by J. Rice (VIII) and
seconded by B. Teague (IV) to update and
digitize the Model Aviation archives as
proposed by the Publications Committee,
with a completion date of May 1, 2012. The
project will be funded from the Zaic Fund.
Motion passed unanimously.
It was moved, seconded, and approved by
acclamation to appoint Rusty Kennedy as
AMA’s Leader Member Program
Administrator.
Motion IV: Moved by G. Fitch (II) and
seconded by A. Argenio (I) that agenda
items, supporting documentation, and
committee agendas, as available, will be
posted in the Leader Member area of the
“Member’s Only” portion of the website.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion V: Moved by B. Teague (IV) and
seconded by C. Bauer (VI) to allocate
funding of $35,100 to contract a consultant,
as recommended by the Museum Steering
Committee, to continue the development of
the Museum Master Plan. Funding will be
from the Museum Patron Fund.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VI: Moved by G. Fitch (II) and
seconded by J. Rice (VIII) to allocate an
additional $598.78 to the Flying Site
Assistance Grant Fund.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VII: Moved by B. Teague (IV) and
seconded by C. Bauer (VI) to accept the
recommendation of the Flying Site
Assistance Grant Committee to fund all of
the grants that were submitted for 2011.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VIII: Moved by A. Argenio (I) and
seconded by G. Fitch (II) to reactivate the
$10 Introductory Membership, adopted for
the Air Show Team Program in 2008, to
include the new package of benefits
proposed by the Marketing Department.
Motion passed: 11-Y; 1-N (III).
Motion IX: Moved by C. Bauer (VI) and
seconded by G. Fitch (II) to accept the
recommendation of the Staff Liaison and
Affairs Committee for selection of the new
Executive Director; an announcement will
be made after appropriate notifications.
Motion passed unanimously.
AMA Executive Council Meeting
The motions and acclamations are part of the unofficial minutes of the meeting. Minutes from a given meeting are not official until
they are approved at the following quarterly Council meeting. Questions or comments concerning the motions should be addressed
to your district vice president.
April 9-10, 2011
Muncie, Indiana
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By now, nearly everyone should be
somewhat familiar with the FAA’s intent
to create regulation for the operation of
small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)
in the national airspace. There’s been a lot
of speculation about what will be
contained in the sUAS proposed rule that
is scheduled to be released as a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) sometime
in June 2011.
The NPRM will contain proposed
regulations that will likely have some
impact on model aviation. The FAA is
prohibited by law from disclosing the
exact language in the NPRM until it’s
released in the Federal Register. However,
we have been able to determine, in a
generic sense, what some of the proposed
language might be. The NPRM will likely
address things such as how high, how
fast, and where a model aircraft may fly.
We know that the FAA has drawn a hard
line between recreational use and
commercial use.
AMA is continuing to work with the
FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Program Office
(UAPO) and is in contact with the UAPO
on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Face-toface
meetings between AMA
representatives and the UAPO staff take
place in Washington on a regular basis.
AMA’s internal workgroup, consisting
of members with a diverse and
knowledgeable model aviation
background, meets weekly by conference
call and continues to develop standards
that will eventually be submitted to the
FAA for adoption that will allow modelers
who follow these standards additional
latitude from the rule.
We’re fighting a tough battle between
keeping our members informed and not
painting an overly tenuous picture of the
future of model aviation. Not knowing
AMA INSIDER |JANUARY 2011 PAGE 1
PRESIDENT TO PRESIDENT
Update on the FAA
VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2011
CLUB CORNER
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ON THE SAFE SIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 2
EDITOR’S PICKS
The Importance of Setting
Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 4
RC Helicopter Safety:
Not Just for the Novice Pilot . . . . . . . pg 4
Clubs: Are You Ready for 2011? . . . .pg 5
Tips & Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 5
Importance of Balancing Lithium
Polymer Battries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 6
January 2011 CONTENTS
PRESIDENT TO PRESIDENT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 1
Dave Mathewson, AMA President
LEADER TO LEADER
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Jim Wallen, Insider Club Column Editor
The Club Corner
CLUB CORNER
please see President to
President ... on page 5
Have things gotten a little stale in your type of flying? Is the weather a little
too cold to get out and fly at your flying site? How about trying something
new? A group of flying enthusiasts in the Denver area has found a new wrinkle
to our hobby, flying with CO2motors! (The Black Sheep Squadron in California
has an interesting Web site featuring CO2.) These guys were predominately
flying electrics before they found this new type of entertainment. They meet
weekly at Frank Dilatush’s place of business to do a little indoor flying and
solve some of the world’s problems as well. Frank submits the following article:
“Some of you know that every Wednesday from 3-5 p.m., the employees at
RFS and Whipchek are free to go play and Chuck and I lock the front door and
host a gathering of our friends back in the warehouse where we fly little
airplanes and helicopters, drink mild and strong spirits, and also solve many of
the world’s problems through civil, yet animated discourse.
“It’s always fun, and of course the non-flying employees love it, I mean
really who doesn’t love recess? Yesterday was especially enjoyable because a
little eBay find of mine had shown up and we got to play with it.
“CO2 model motors predate RC and were used in Free Flight models going
back before WW II. They are powered by 8-gram seltzer (siphon) bottle CO2
cartridges. Not the easiest things to find but Burt, our favorite octogenarian, and
please see Club Corner ... on page 7
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