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NOMINATIONS for the offices of
executive vice president and vice presidents
in Districts III, VII, and XI are due at the
Headquarters of the Academy of Model
Aeronautics by June 16, 2011. Any AMA
Open Member may submit a nomination.
To be eligible to discharge the duties of
executive vice president, a nominee must be a
Leader Member of the AMA and must
previously have served as a member of the
Executive Council or associate vice president
or as a Contest Board member for at least one
year.
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 AMA Headquarters confirming
receipt of nomination. If confirmation is not
received within two weeks after you have
mailed your document, contact Lisa Johnson
at [765] 287-1256, extension 231.)
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 24,
2011, 15 days before the published meeting
date.
Nominating Procedure Document
Relating to Article IX
Approved November 1, 2003
Candidate Guidelines:
(a) No person may nominate himself/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’s 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 3).
(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.
It is strongly recommended that
nominations be mailed by certified mail,
receipt requested.
Candidate Acceptance:
(a) A letter of acceptance by the candidate
must be on file at AMA Headquarters 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: Campaign Statements to be delivered
to AMA Headquarters 10 days prior to the
Nominating Committee meeting in a sealed
envelope. Those not nominated will have his
or her statement returned unopened.
Campaign Statements will remain sealed until
after the Nominating Committee has
deliberated and determined the candidates.)
Adopted January 2008
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.
It is strongly recommended that these
documents be mailed certified, receipt
requested.
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Announcements, news, and information from the
Academy of Model Aeronautics and the elected district representatives.
Nominations Due for AMA Executive Vice President
and Vice Presidents
Each year, the Academy of Model
Aeronautics awards Charles Hampson
Grant Scholarships to deserving highschool
seniors who will be pursuing a
continuing academic program at an
accredited college or university.
Applications received are processed by
a four-person selection committee and
roughly $40,000 annually is distributed in
various amounts based on AMA modeling
activities, scholastic achievement, and
citizenship achievement.
To be eligible for a scholarship, the
applicant must:
1) Have been an AMA member for the last
full 36 consecutive months prior to the
April 30 application deadline
2) Graduate from high school in the year
in which the award is to be granted
3) Have been accepted by a college or
university offering a certificate or
degree program
The Charles H. Grant Scholarship
Program contains other grants which
involve specific factors for determining the
award.
The Toledo Weak Signals Scholarship
is awarded to the top recipient of the
AMA/Charles H. Grant Scholarship.
The Telford Scholarship is based on
participation in competition activity in the
AMA and FAI classifications listed in the
application packet.
Scholarship information and
applications or information regarding
donations to the programs can be obtained
by calling AMA Headquarters at (765)
287-1256, ext. 516, or by e-mailing
[email protected] or education@
modelaircraft.org.
Applications are also available on the
AMA Web site under Education at
www.modelaircraft.org/education.aspx.
The application deadline is April 30,
2011.
AMA/Charles H. Grant Scholarships