Flying Site Assistance - 2011/02

February 2011 153
I AM WRITING this column while returning from
Denver, Colorado, where I attended the National
League of Cities Expo. This event was similar to the
National Recreation and Parks Expo I wrote about
last month.
This expo is geared toward city management
officials such as mayors and city council people. I
was assisted by my wife, Genie, as well as AMA
Vice President Jim Wallen and AMA Education
Committee Chairman Travis McGinnis. Also helping
out was a well-known modeler, Sid Gates.
These individuals gave their time to help create
communications between AMA and city officials.
This effort translated into many solid leads that could
end up as flying sites for clubs!
I am excited about the prospects that were created
at these two shows! We will begin to contact these
officials and the clubs. I am looking forward to
reporting the many positive results of clubs creating
new and/or additional flying sites and their efforts to
work with government officials to solidify their
standing within the community.
I am currently working on a seminar called Finding
and Keeping Flying Sites that I will be presenting at
the AMA Expo in Ontario, California, in January and
at the Weak Signals R/C Expo in April. AMA
Education Director Bill Pritchett is assisting me in
this effort.
I am hopeful that not only those who attend will
benefit, but once the presentation is available online
at the AMA Web site, many clubs will be able to
glean some ideas from it as well.
Please check out the schedule of events at both the
AMA Expo and the Weak Signals R/C Expo and
attend one of the seminars. It would be great to share
ideas and questions with everyone.
I was shocked and saddened to hear about the passing
of former AMA Executive Director Jim Cherry while
I was in Denver. I considered Jim a good friend.
As stated by AMA President Dave Mathewson in a
recent issue of MA, Jim did a good job as the
executive director and had many accomplishments to
be proud of. He will be missed.
My condolences go out to his wife Lynn and his
family during this very difficult time.
Tony Stillman | [email protected]
Tony Stillman
Flying Site Assistance Coordinator
102 Cherrywood Ct., Brunswick GA 31525; (912) 242-2407; [email protected]
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It would be great to
share ideas and
questions with
everyone.
Flying Site Assistance
From the left: Tony Stillman, Jim Wallen, Travis McGinnis, and Sid Gates
represented AMA at the National League of Cities Expo in Denver, Colorado.
Sid Gates (R) assisting a youngster on the RC flight simulator. Looks like he is
having lots of fun!
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