The AMA Convention was held January 12-14 at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario,
California. This year’s show was well attended and offered a number of new products.
AMA president Dave Brown was the
featured speaker at the AMA membership
meeting.
Roughly 30 people attended the
membership meeting and four Hall of Fame
awards were presented afterward.
IT IS COLD up north, but it is getting
busy already here in the south! I had
planned to have four events, but several
clubs dropped out, so we will host three
AMA District V fly-ins in 2007.
The host clubs include the Azalea City
Model Aviators of Mobile, Alabama, the
North Alabama Radio Control Club near
Huntsville, and the Markham Park Pilots
Association in Sunrise, Florida.
These three events will be scattered
throughout the year. I am hopeful that
these will be tons of fun and a great time
for all AMA members in District V!
I have just returned from the 2007 edition
of the AMA Convention held each year at
the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario,
California.
This year AMA held a true convention
with nearly all of the AMA Executive
Council members attending. This allowed
each district vice president to attend the
seminars and help with the operation of the
convention, as well as be available to the
general membership to field questions and
discuss issues with the modelers in
attendance.
The show was well attended by vendors
as well as interested members of the
modeling public. Many new products were
introduced at the show. I am sure that you
will be seeing advertisements on many of
them by the time you read this report.
We were able to feature our new AMA
Executive Director Jim Cherry during the
event. Jim made himself available to
discuss issues with the membership and
took time to go around to the vendors who
were displaying at the show and get
acquainted with them as well.
On Monday, January 15 following the
show, we held our first Executive Council
meeting of 2007. Dr. Sandy Frank was
recognized for his nine years of service as
the District VIII Vice President.
Sandy decided to bow out as a member
of the Executive Council and did not run
for re-election last year and I respect his
decision.
Taking Sandy’s place is Jim Rice. I am
already impressed with Jim’s attitude and
desire to serve the members of his district.
Welcome aboard, Jim!
Edition: Model Aviation - 2007/03
Page Numbers: 158