President's Perspective - 2008/09

y the time this issue of MA reaches
you, AMA will have participated
in its first League of Cities (LoC)
convention in Tampa, Florida. The Florida
LoC is an organization comprising elected
officials from various municipalities within
the state. Roughly 99% of municipalities
and counties in Florida are members. As
does Florida, most states within the United
States have their own LoC.

President's Perspective - 2009/05

...you might be saying hello to your newest friend.
Fact or fiction? There’s strength in
numbers. We’ve all heard that saying.
Frequently it’s used when referring to
membership organizations such as AMA and
how the power of the organization to effect
change that impacts its membership is directly
related to the number of members the
organization has.

President's Perspective - 2008/02

We have a tremendous resource in
our more than 150,000 members... Where will the Academy of Model
Aeronautics be in one year? In three
years? Five years? All organizations
need a well-thought-out strategic
plan to help answer those questions. All
strategic plans are based on the organization’s
mission, a vision, and a set of defined goals.
AMA is developing its strategic plan.

District II Report - 2005/03

The hot topic lately has been fail-safe
capabilities in radio-controlled models.
Since last fall, a few big bird events—
including Joe Nall for 2005—have
mandated that all models flown at their
event have an onboard fail-safe that will
default to a low-throttle setting if
activated.

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