Executive VP’s Report - 2004/04

April 2004 177
THIS MONTH I am going to pass on a few
thoughts regarding several items that are often
overlooked. Some of these may be important
to you and some may not. You can always
skip the dull ones.
The first item is a returned check. We are all
subject to slip up sometimes, but the results of
such an error can be devastating. You could
be without insurance. None of us want to fly
in that situation.
Bad checks also create extra work for
people at AMA Headquarters. Help us keep
costs at Headquarters down by being careful
that the check you send is good.
Giving to AMA is becoming more popular.
Several people are working on gifts that have
a tax deduction for them, guaranteed income
for life, and a gift to AMA.
If you want to know what this is all about,
contact Joyce Hager at Headquarters or me at
my office. My telephone number is at the
beginning of this column.
For next year you might be able to try to
schedule your renewal payment early. You get
your card back quicker, it is easier for the staff
at Headquarters to correct any mistakes that
might happen, and you could vote all at the
same time.
Read your ballot material carefully. For a
vice-presidential election, you vote only for a
candidate in your district. Send ballots and
renewals per instructions. They do not go to
the same place.
AMA needs people to run for office and
people to vote. Be sure you do at least one of
these.
I have one more point to make concerning
renewals. If you use a credit card that your
spouse also uses, be sure he or she knows you
used the card for that purpose.
Many inquiries come to Headquarters
when one spouse was unaware that the other
had used the card to renew.
In 2003, AMA finished with a strong cash
position. The audits are scheduled for the end
of February 2004. That allows me to write
that details are to follow at a later date.
Make your life a mission, not an
intermission.
Until later. Always Be Courteous.
Executive VP’s Report
Doug Holland
AMA Executive VP
3517 Fernwood Dr.
Raleigh NC 27612
(Home) (919) 787-5163
(Office) (919) 787-7454
1. Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Tel.: (_____)_____________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________________
4. Object to be donated: Aircraft ____ Radio____ (skip to item 12)
Engine____ (skip to item 11) Other____ (skip to item 12)
5. Type: Free Flight ________ Radio Control ________ Control Line ________
6. The model is built of: Wood _____ Metal _____ Other ____________
7. Name of model: _______________________________________ Date model last flown: ________________________________
8. Length: __________________________________ Wingspan: ____________________________________________________
9. Year the model was built: __________________________________________________________________________________
10. Who built the model: ______________________________________________________________________________________
11. Engine specifications:______________________________________________________________________________________
12. Significance of item: ______________________________________________________________________________________
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13. Additional comments: ____________________________________________________________________________________
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14. Recent color pictures required.
THE NATIONAL Model Aviation
Museum and Lee Renaud Memorial Library
are constantly striving to improve their
collections in order to further document and
display the history and evolution of
aeromodeling.
We encourage the donation of archival
materials, books, magazines, and artifacts
that depict the history and ongoing
development of aeromodeling.
If you wish to make a donation, please
contact the museum or library staff prior to
delivering or mailing the items. Items must
be reviewed for acceptance by the Museum
Acquisition Committee. The committee
requires that the following form be
completed in its entirety and sent to us prior
to acceptance of any artifact.
National Model Aviation Museum Donations
Submission of Artifacts to Acquisition Committee