Well.......... I guess most of us know that AMA has it's game plan and a few yelps from our minority group is not going to change it.
I think it is time in RC Soaring's history for all of us to look inward towards our club's activities and ask what is the club's game plan? Is the club keeping up with the changes in the hobby? How easy it is to demand from others that which we will not do for ourselves. Here are some of the questions we should be asking: Who is the club favoring, the minority contest flyers or the majority fun flyers ? What club programs are attracting new people ? Is the club's membership growing? Is the club all about a monthly club contest ? Is the monthly club contest hard core and not attracting the majority of the members ? What is special about our club that gives new people a reason to join ? And many more questions. My view of rc soaring's future is the internet and electric powered planes are offering strong reasons to not belong to a soaring club. Only the club's with diversified activities will survive the next ten years. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred A. Sheplavy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RSCE" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 12:12 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Model Aviation Editor's reply > On the other hand John, > I belong to three clubs in my area and don't believe that any of the members > are competitors in any events of any type. > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:15 PM > To: Jim Deck; Soaring List > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Model Aviation Editor's reply > > > Wow, less than 5%? Sure isn't that number in our club, or the soaring clubs > around Southern California. More like 50%, and in our club that number is > higher. We use competitions as one way to fly together. These are not cut > throat, yet they are competitive. I must be really out of touch with the > rest of the AMA world, because less than 5% is a really small number. So > for every twenty modelers only one flies competitively? > > JE > -- > Erickson Architects > John R. Erickson, AIA > > > > The competitor is now in the minority in AMA. In fact, less than 5 percent > > of our membership compete in any manner at all. > > 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 > 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
