Another "missing" part in Model Aviation are sailplane vendor ads. Also, I wonder why very few (none is closer to accurate) individuals send in photos of their sailplanes to the Focal Point section. Most sailplane "vending" is done on the internet groups, so maybe we have eliminated the reasons for AMA to do more than they already have for sailplane contestants. Club run or not, they still have to show black on the bottom line (or raise our dues).
Actually on a twelve month view, excluding the Soaring Section column, there is very little reference to soaring. Contest flyers are linked to AMA, but are a very small number compared to those that don't see a need for an AMA license. So if we feel slighted, maybe it is a lesson in being part of a minority. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBERT M GELLART" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: [RCSE] Nats Issue and AMA ED > Interesting note about what others thought about the loss of the Nats issue. > When Tom and I were in Muncie for the Nats planning meeting there was kind > of a final call about the 2005 Nats for comments, no had said a word about > the mag. Well, I brought it up, the fact that as a kid I could not wait to > see that issue and how it led me to this hobby. Well, the room began to > applaud. I just shut up and this subject went on for about another hour. > Really did not mean to start up an issue, but I think that many held our > opinion and that I would guess that 2006 is different. Just for the record, > from what I know, it was the Model Aviation staff that generated this idea, > not AMA staff. > > Second subject, AMA ED Don Koranda seemed to be a nice enough guy, and is a > very goal orientated and business based guy. And I think that was his > demise, too much business for a "club". Good or bad, even though AMA is a > large orgaization, it is run like a club and I am not sure that that is for > the better. But who knows??? > > Marc > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
