A M* AMA ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS U WUU 806 FIFTEENTH ST NW. WASHINGTON DC 20005 monthly mailing AMA HQ Executive Director NO 100 MORE UNDERCURRENTS March issue AMAs Monthly Mailing column headed Undercur rents noted some model press publishers reacted angrily AMAs entry magazine field re action included lengthy letters circu lated extensively two publish ers intended prove AMAs mag azine decision would financial dis aster among other allegations though letters re futed AMA circulation counter re sponses letters has published June 1975 issue Model Airplane News Presumably other letter may expected seen soon already RC Modeler magazine letter MAN added con siderably additional editorial comment Yet AMAs rebuttal included hardly example fair play Meanwhile movement being promoted combination model press industry people establish another organization substitute AMA attempt create competitor lf no real concern thinking behind Presumably new organization would expected same people have face same consequences logical conclusion situation say AMA decision made majority vote elected volunteer ficers respected Does matter organization involv ed end result give such pressures Continued page 48 EASY ON THE PREZI No AMA President has ever visible accessible Johnny Clem ens also has job longer previous president nd has traveled talked AMA members anyone before him Its nature way mostly enjoys personal contacts mem bers has built himself image monster may devour him unless turned around different dir ection problem too members have ignoring normal basic channels getting problems sol ved complaints looked As re sult being bombarded phone calls mail about aspect AMA operation being contacted about contest board team selection Nationals member ship processing insurance flying site other problems Most should handled district Vice-Pres idents Associate VPs Contest Board members various special committeemen and/or AMA HQ too people going straight top ef fect taking severe toll Presidents ability function interfering presidential duties largely re quire long range thinking leadership AMAS Executive Council basic pol icy matters AMA ruining business home life Johnny hobby shop owner AMA calls place business hurting bus iness badly-particularly since tend long drawn out callers July1975 47 have jobs allow free phone cells also gets calls home though phone unlisted Unfortu nately cells should really handled other AMA officers gets complaining cell example about disagreement executive council decision call should really go Vice President callers AMA district VP callers representative council hes can vote callers behalf So call ultimately effective simply because its going wrong guy Johnny typically interested sympathetic best position help especially inundated too kind calls end result has unsatisfactoryfor President well caller Its example system being abused ineffective Therefore idea try get satisfaction results has end up exercise futility Its Johnny doesnt want help very dearly does hes single volunteer spare time away business Hes AMA employee does have AMA off ice staff carry out demands put upon him also despite fantastically remarkable recovery major surgery just short time ago 100% physically up par fact doctors pressuring him back off AMA efforts typically go night day Hes given himself AMA anyone has right expect vol unteer officer true degree sac rifice moneywise timewise physi cally will probably never fully ap preciated because doesnt like talk about its becoming very obvious lately has gone too far accomodating attempts members bypass other AMA officers charged basic responsibilities membership representation end result could complete ineffectiveness office presidency perhaps resig nation Hes too polite say himself obvious message members back off use other AMA people channels get problems taken care Aoesnt mean Johnny wants cutoff contactshes merely asking different direction hed like kept informed letters about member s experiences using AMA system copies correspondence other AMA officers needs re lief people expecting him write take phone calls matters pro perly business others AMA Johnnys man compared 13 other executive council members 45 contest board members dozens team selection committeemen 35 Associate VicePresidents fulltime AMA Headquarters staff can muchand has far reasonable AMAs business too com plex person handle problems way long run make system work use suxmsary ton people think president should whipping boy abuse seriously interfering effective operation presidency Phone callers particular urged back off situation just annoyingits disruptive AMA whole because bypasses have responsibilities delegated President provided bylaws Best bet unsure contact communicate via HQ letters will forwarded right person phone callers will told person lets give Prez breakwe dont need want him hospital again UNDERCURRENTS FROM ill end impossible predict basic decision has made concerning AMAs position situation Rather waste space membership magazine bounce said said ball back forth interested knowing about may get special magazine controversy mailing list list will sent copies various position statements pro con dont know far anti-AMA ef fort will go suggest however concerned least try objective seek both sides before de ciding believe may help meantime consider AMA off icers involved have nothing gain serve no vested interest Only stay way will AMA model aviation survive able represent membership whole rather would have something less Col Al Betkey 2nd right next AMA President Johnny Clemens Flying Circus air show team Ohio presented AMAs Dis tinguished Service Award Toledo--for outstanding PR efforts half ncdel aviation during 1974 Henry J Nicholls CL fasous nodel shop owner international per sonality England visits AMA Technical Director Frank Ehling AMAs new display booth Toledo RC Conference Professional appearance display source pride AMA nembers attendance 48 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/07
Page Numbers: 47, 48
A M* AMA ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS U WUU 806 FIFTEENTH ST NW. WASHINGTON DC 20005 monthly mailing AMA HQ Executive Director NO 100 MORE UNDERCURRENTS March issue AMAs Monthly Mailing column headed Undercur rents noted some model press publishers reacted angrily AMAs entry magazine field re action included lengthy letters circu lated extensively two publish ers intended prove AMAs mag azine decision would financial dis aster among other allegations though letters re futed AMA circulation counter re sponses letters has published June 1975 issue Model Airplane News Presumably other letter may expected seen soon already RC Modeler magazine letter MAN added con siderably additional editorial comment Yet AMAs rebuttal included hardly example fair play Meanwhile movement being promoted combination model press industry people establish another organization substitute AMA attempt create competitor lf no real concern thinking behind Presumably new organization would expected same people have face same consequences logical conclusion situation say AMA decision made majority vote elected volunteer ficers respected Does matter organization involv ed end result give such pressures Continued page 48 EASY ON THE PREZI No AMA President has ever visible accessible Johnny Clem ens also has job longer previous president nd has traveled talked AMA members anyone before him Its nature way mostly enjoys personal contacts mem bers has built himself image monster may devour him unless turned around different dir ection problem too members have ignoring normal basic channels getting problems sol ved complaints looked As re sult being bombarded phone calls mail about aspect AMA operation being contacted about contest board team selection Nationals member ship processing insurance flying site other problems Most should handled district Vice-Pres idents Associate VPs Contest Board members various special committeemen and/or AMA HQ too people going straight top ef fect taking severe toll Presidents ability function interfering presidential duties largely re quire long range thinking leadership AMAS Executive Council basic pol icy matters AMA ruining business home life Johnny hobby shop owner AMA calls place business hurting bus iness badly-particularly since tend long drawn out callers July1975 47 have jobs allow free phone cells also gets calls home though phone unlisted Unfortu nately cells should really handled other AMA officers gets complaining cell example about disagreement executive council decision call should really go Vice President callers AMA district VP callers representative council hes can vote callers behalf So call ultimately effective simply because its going wrong guy Johnny typically interested sympathetic best position help especially inundated too kind calls end result has unsatisfactoryfor President well caller Its example system being abused ineffective Therefore idea try get satisfaction results has end up exercise futility Its Johnny doesnt want help very dearly does hes single volunteer spare time away business Hes AMA employee does have AMA off ice staff carry out demands put upon him also despite fantastically remarkable recovery major surgery just short time ago 100% physically up par fact doctors pressuring him back off AMA efforts typically go night day Hes given himself AMA anyone has right expect vol unteer officer true degree sac rifice moneywise timewise physi cally will probably never fully ap preciated because doesnt like talk about its becoming very obvious lately has gone too far accomodating attempts members bypass other AMA officers charged basic responsibilities membership representation end result could complete ineffectiveness office presidency perhaps resig nation Hes too polite say himself obvious message members back off use other AMA people channels get problems taken care Aoesnt mean Johnny wants cutoff contactshes merely asking different direction hed like kept informed letters about member s experiences using AMA system copies correspondence other AMA officers needs re lief people expecting him write take phone calls matters pro perly business others AMA Johnnys man compared 13 other executive council members 45 contest board members dozens team selection committeemen 35 Associate VicePresidents fulltime AMA Headquarters staff can muchand has far reasonable AMAs business too com plex person handle problems way long run make system work use suxmsary ton people think president should whipping boy abuse seriously interfering effective operation presidency Phone callers particular urged back off situation just annoyingits disruptive AMA whole because bypasses have responsibilities delegated President provided bylaws Best bet unsure contact communicate via HQ letters will forwarded right person phone callers will told person lets give Prez breakwe dont need want him hospital again UNDERCURRENTS FROM ill end impossible predict basic decision has made concerning AMAs position situation Rather waste space membership magazine bounce said said ball back forth interested knowing about may get special magazine controversy mailing list list will sent copies various position statements pro con dont know far anti-AMA ef fort will go suggest however concerned least try objective seek both sides before de ciding believe may help meantime consider AMA off icers involved have nothing gain serve no vested interest Only stay way will AMA model aviation survive able represent membership whole rather would have something less Col Al Betkey 2nd right next AMA President Johnny Clemens Flying Circus air show team Ohio presented AMAs Dis tinguished Service Award Toledo--for outstanding PR efforts half ncdel aviation during 1974 Henry J Nicholls CL fasous nodel shop owner international per sonality England visits AMA Technical Director Frank Ehling AMAs new display booth Toledo RC Conference Professional appearance display source pride AMA nembers attendance 48 Model Aviation