July 2006 163
I HAVE BEEN asked many times during
my tenure as your representative to the
AMA Executive Council why this club or
that club is never mentioned. Well, this is
not a difficult question to answer.
Since I can’t be in two places at the
same time, I must rely on the clubs and
associate vice presidents (AVPs) to submit
articles that may be of interest to other
clubs and members. Our district has AVPs
that can be contacted by clubs as well.
Their names can be found on the district
Web site at www.amadistrictvii.org, the
AMA Web site at www.modelaircraft.org,
or in this column header.
The District VII Web site was
established specifically for the clubs and
the membership of District VII as a vehicle
to transmit information concerning events,
how-to questions, and cover many other
areas as well. The Web site is also an area
that is not being used as effectively as it
could be.
I have visited club web sites and have
seen great pictures and write-ups about
events that would be of interest to others.
These same clubs have posted information
on major sites as well, but not sent in
material for the district column in your
magazine.
It’s not rocket science, people. For
bragging rights for your club, send the
material to me and I’ll take it from there. If
you have any questions about what or how,
just ask.
Some time ago an attempt was made to
generate interest in trying to get more
modelers together for plain fun flying. All
too often it seems that modelers don’t get
past their own field boundaries. Whether
it’s because of competition events or other
factors is immaterial. We are supposed to
be united in our hobby/sport and to be able
to enjoy the camaraderie.
After asking many questions, one
club—the Radio Control Club of Detroit—
has come forward to join me in producing
the first District VII Fun-Fly. This is open
to all AMA members for the express
purpose of getting together to have fun
flying.
A meeting was set up at the Toledo
Expo to discuss when, where, and how to
accomplish this event. It will not be an easy
task but I was assured by club president
Ernie Varilone that he had the full support
of the club and it would be done.
Two weeks later the flyer was in my
hands. The plan is to have an event of this
type—a traveling event—to be held in
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in the
future. The success will depend on just how
many attend. It can be a real blast or a dud.
It all depends on you, the members.
The membership of RCCD has stepped
up to the plate to accept the responsibility
to carry this out. It’s up to the rest of us to
make it a fun time. The dates are July 29-
30, 2006. For more information, visit the
Web site www.rccd.org.
Get involved. Introduce someone to our
hobby-sport and I’ll see you at the field!
C.A.V.U.
District VII
Bill Oberdieck, District VII Vice President; [email protected]
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Bill Oberdieck
Vice President
Box 1076,
Southgate MI 48195
Tel.: (734) 283-4813
Fax: (734) 283-0550
www.amadistrictvii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Larry Brannan, Grand
Rapids MI; (616) 956-6012;
[email protected]
Ed Bucki, Rockwood MI;
(734) 379-4054; thebuckster@
sbcglobal.net
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
[email protected]
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; [email protected]
Thomas D. Lazar, Marshall WI;
[email protected]
Jon McVay, Mount Vernon IA;
(319) 895-6527; [email protected]
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, North
Lindstrom MN; 76214.1624@
compuserve.com
Tom Ryan, Milwaukee WI; (414)
881-0070; tomcat@
execpc.com
Frequency Coordinators
West: Al Schwartz, Roseville
MN; (651) 633-2286
East: Pete Waters, Northville
MI; (248) 486-4800
Flying Site Coordinator
Joe Beshar, [email protected]
District VII Volunteers
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