AMA News: Executive Council - 2008/01
AMA Executive Council
Meeting Motions/Acclamations
Date: October 27, 2007 Location: Muncie, Indiana
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 concerning the motions should be addressed to your district vice president.
Consent Agenda
- It was moved, seconded, and approved by unanimous acclamation to approve the minutes of the August 12, 2007 Executive Council meeting.
Motion I
- Moved by: C. Bauer (VI)
- Seconded by: B. Teague (IV)
- Motion: To accept the 2008 budget as amended.
- Vote: Passed 12-Y; 1-N (X)
Motion II
- Moved by: M. Smith (IX)
- Seconded by: B. Teague (IV)
- Motion: To approve the Park Flyer Program and publication to be officially launched at the January 2008 AMA Convention in Ontario, California.
- Vote: Passed 11-Y; 2-N (VI, VII)
Motion III
- Moved by: M. Smith (IX)
- Seconded by: T. Stillman (V)
- Motion: To approve the modified Safety Regulations for Model Aircraft Powered by Gas Turbines as presented at the October 27, 2007 Executive Council meeting.
- Vote: Passed unanimously.
Motion IV
- Moved by: C. Bauer (VI)
- Seconded by: B. Brown (III)
- Motion: To rescind Motion IX of the August 12, 2007 Executive Council meeting.
- Rescinded Motion IX (from August 12, 2007): Moved by C. Bauer (VI) and seconded by M. Smith (IX) that the 2009 Nats will be run in two-week segments spread over eight weeks during the summer of 2009; no Nats events will be run on Mondays.
- Vote: Passed unanimously.
Motion V
- Moved by: C. Bauer (VI)
- Seconded by: T. Stillman (V)
- Motion: To approve the 2008 Nats as a 5A-sanctioned event; dates will be: Indoor May 28–June 1, 2008 in Johnson City, Tennessee, and Outdoor July 7–August 10, 2008 in Muncie, Indiana.
- Vote: Passed unanimously.
Motion VI
- Moved by: C. Bauer (VI)
- Seconded by: J. Rice (VIII)
- Motion: To approve the Trophy Policy as recommended by the Nats Committee.
- Vote: Passed unanimously.
Motion VII
- Moved by: R. Hanson (X)
- Seconded by: C. Bauer (VI)
- Motion: That 25% of the Scholarship Fund will be appropriated to the Endowment Fund; interest earned from the previous year will be added to the Scholarship Fund for disbursement annually.
- Vote: Passed unanimously.
Motion VIII
- Moved by: M. Smith (IX)
- Seconded by: T. Stillman (V)
- Motion: That AMA enters into a working relationship with hobby businesses to develop marketing programs that will benefit both AMA and the hobby businesses.
- Vote: Passed unanimously.
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