AMA News - 2004/05

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Note: District I Vice President Don Krafft
was not in attendance.
The following were moved, seconded,
and approved by acclamation:
•To approve the minutes of the
November 1, 2003, Executive Council
Meeting.
•To approve that a firm bid for the
AMA to host the 2007 F3C World
Championships may be submitted.
•To allow the Frequency Committee to
purchase a new spectrum analyzer. Cost
not to exceed $7,000.
The following telephone conference vote
of November 14, 2003, was read into the
minutes:
•To delay the implementation of the
Turbine Operating rules pending further
action by the Executive Council.
Motion passed: 9 yes; 3 no.
Motion I: It was moved to implement the
Safety Committee report document titled
Safety Regulations for Fixed/Rotary Wing
Model Aircraft Gas Turbines as amended.
Amendments: remove item 11. Page 2
regarding total fuel capacity; Caveat now
reads: Any turbine waiver applied for this
year (as of the time this document is
voted on), is grandfathered in for the first
year (2004). This means an applicant does
not have to complete the 20 flights until
their renewal comes up (for 2006). All
those applying as of March 1, 2004 will
have to comply with the requirements.
Effective date is March 1, 2004.
Motion passed unanimously.
Executive Council
Meeting Highlights
The motions below are part of the
unofficial minutes of the meeting.
Minutes from a given meeting are not
official until they are approved at the
next quarterly Council meeting.
Questions or comments on the motions
should be addressed to your District
Vice President.
Motions made at the
February 7-8, 2004,
Executive Council Meeting
in Muncie, Indiana.
NOMINATIONS FOR the office of
President and Vice Presidents in Districts I,
V, and IX are due at the Headquarters of
the Academy of Model Aeronautics June 2,
2004. Any AMA Open member may
submit a nomination.
To be eligible to discharge the duties of
AMA Vice President, a nominee must be a
Leader Member of the Academy and must
reside in the District.
(Nominees and nominators will be
notified by HQ confirming receipt of
nomination. If confirmation is not
received within 2 weeks after you have
mailed your document, contact Mary Lou
Vojslavek at [765] 287-1256, ext. 201.)
A letter of acceptance and a résumé of
professional qualifications and model
aviation experience from the nominee must
be on file at AMA Headquarters by June
16, 2004, 15 days prior to the published
meeting date.
Nominating Procedure Document
Relating to Article IX
Approved November 1, 2003
Candidate Guidelines
(a) No person may nominate him/herself
for office.
(b) No person shall simultaneously hold
two positions on the Executive Council.
In the event a person holding an office is
elected or selected to a second position
on the Executive Council, that person
must choose which of the two positions
he/she will continue, such decision to be
made within 48 hours of the
announcement of the selection, or else
the person so affected will be deemed to
have selected to remain in the first office
held.
(c) Incumbent is automatically placed on
the ballot, provided that he/she has been
properly nominated and accepted, except
that a 3/4 vote against may withhold the
incumbent’s name from the ballot (see
Bylaws, Article IX, Section 2).
(d) All nomination letters must be
received at AMA Headquarters thirty
(30) days prior to the convening of the
Nominating Committee Annual
Meeting. If received by electronic mail
or fax, it must be received by close of
that business day at AMA Headquarters,
Muncie IN.
(e) Candidate must be a legal resident of
the district in which the election is being
held; this does not apply to the office of
President or Executive Vice President.
(f) Candidate must be a current AMA
member with Leader Member status
(other qualifications apply to the office
of President and Executive Vice
President, Article IX, section 2).
(g) No person elected to and serving as
an active member of the Executive
Council shall be paid for any regular
column or article in Model Aviation
magazine. Exception may be made for
such articles as the coverage of special
events provided prior arrangement was
made for said article. Articles and
columns printed in the AMA News
section are not paid contributions. No
paid columns may be submitted after the
individual has been placed on the ballot.
Candidate Acceptance:
(a) A letter of acceptance by the
candidate must be on file at AMA
Headquarters fifteen (15) days prior to
the meeting; if by electronic mail or fax
it must be received by close of that
business day at AMA Headquarters,
Muncie IN.
(b) Along with a résumé of professional
qualifications and model aviation
experience, your résumé should include,
but not be limited to, the following areas
of consideration. (Note: all candidates
must have their campaign statement
ready to be delivered to AMA
Headquarters no later than August 1.)
1. Management experience.
2. Financial background.
3. Insurance employment and/or
expertise.
4. Legal background.
5. Technical background, including
areas of aeronautics, electronics
(especially in radio frequency
propagation and usage), acoustics (as
related to noise studies and analysis),
and other areas of engineering.
6. Aeromodeling background must be
noted. The individual will be
required, if elected to national office,
to deal with questions related to all
areas of aeromodeling and should
have a broad-based background.
(c) It is strongly recommended that these
documents be mailed certified, receipt
requested.
AMA Officer Nominations Due
Motion II: It was moved to remove from
the Official AMA National Model Aircraft
Safety Code Radio Control item #9, the
words “nor should any part of the model
other than the landing gear, intentionally
touch the ground except while landing.”
Motion III: It was moved to table Motion
II.
Motion passed: 9 yes; 3 no (VII, VIII,
X).
Motion IV: It was moved to refer tabled
Motion II to the Safety Committee to
develop an alternative solution to Safety
Code Radio Control item #9 the portion
dealing with any part of the model touching
the ground other than the landing gear. A
report is to be given at April 24, 2004 EC
meeting.
Motion passed: 11 yes; 1 no (VII).
Motion V: It was moved to accept the
document titled Liability Insurance
Protection Program for Paid Instructors as
amended. Amendment: item #4 now reads
“The coverage only applies when the
instruction is being provided at a
recognized AMA model flying facility or
during an AMA chartered club’s
previously planned and advertised
‘official’ event.”
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VI: It was moved that effective
with the 2005 Charter Club Renewal, all
clubs are required to name a Safety Officer.
This officer must have access to E-mail.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VII: It was moved to accept the
procedures addressing complaints
regarding Leader Members.
Complaints Regarding Leader Member—
Complaints regarding a Leader Member
(LM) should be made in writing to AMA
Headquarters, who in turn will forward to
the VP of the District where the complaint
originated or where the infraction
occurred.
The VP will review the written
complaint and contact the complainant if
additional information or clarification is
required.
The VP will then contact the LM,
explain the complaint and request a
response in writing.
The VP will review the complaint and
the LM’s response and take whatever
course of action is appropriate to resolve
the problem, whether it is a warning or a
revocation of the LM license. If there is a
reprimand given, it should be in writing,
and request the matter be reviewed by the
Executive Council. The Executive Council
could uphold the action taken by the VP,
overturn it, or refuse to hear it.
Motion passed unanimously.
Note: The following motion occurred on
Sunday February 8, 2004. VPs from
Districts I, V, IX, and the NAA
representative were not in attendance.
Motion VIII: It was moved that on a threeyear
cycle coinciding with the presidential
term, Council will have a strategic planning
meeting between the first and second
Executive Council meetings of the year. If
there is a newly elected president, the
outgoing president will attend this meeting.
Additionally, annually at the last Executive
Council meeting of the year there will be a
review of the progress relative to goals and
objectives.
Motion passed unanimously.