Flying Site Assistance - 2011/02
Tony Stillman | [email protected]
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.
Expo Assistance
The expo is geared toward city management officials such as mayors and city council members. I was assisted by:
- Genie (my wife)
- AMA Vice President Jim Wallen
- AMA Education Committee Chairman Travis McGinnis
- Sid Gates (well-known modeler)
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 created at these two shows. We will begin to contact these officials and the clubs, and I look forward to reporting the 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.
Seminars
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 that once the presentation is available online at the AMA website many clubs will be able to glean ideas from it as well.
Please check the schedule of events for 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.
In Memoriam
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 Model Aviation, Jim did a good job as 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.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
