July 12 2003 Minutes

Executive Council Meeting

July 12, 2003
Muncie IN
Unofficial
Note: All minutes are unofficial until approved at the following Executive Council meeting (July 12-13, 2003).

Motions:

• To accept the definition of model aircraft and its operation, as revised. This will ...
• To add as the first sentence in Safety Code, Radio Control item 5, I will not ...
• To announce that the General Membership Meetings for 2004 will be held at ...
• To accept the recommendations of the Scholarship Committee for its 2003 awards.
• To receive a site insurance certificate in those situations where there are multiple clubs ...

The following were approved by acclamation:

• to approve the minutes of the April 26, 2003 EC meeting as presented ...
• Results of June 16, 2003 E-mail vote re proposal EC-05-02 ...
• To accept the report of the Nominating Committee.
• To approve the report of the Ad hoc Committee on Bylaws with changes ...

In Attendance

• President: Dave Brown, Hamilton, OH
• Executive Vice President: Doug Holland, Raleigh, NC
• District Vice Presidents:
  • I-Don Krafft, Duxbury, MA
  • II-Dave Mathewson, Baldwinsville, NY
  • III-Bob Brown, Bradford, PA
  • IV-Bliss Teague, Hickory, NC
  • V-Jim McNeill, Birmingham, AL
  • VI-Charlie Bauer, Norridge, IL
  • VII-Bill Oberdieck, Southgate, MI
  • VIII-Sandy Frank, Weatherford, TX
  • IX-Russ Miller, Carrington, ND
  • X-Rich Hanson, Scottsdale, AZ
• Executive Director: Joyce Hager
• General Counsel: Felix Gora
• Attending from Headquarters staff: Jay Mealy, Rob Kurek, Tom Schwyn
• Also present: Bob Underwood representing the Scholarship Committee, Wes DeCou, Flying Site Assistance Coordinator (West), and Shirley Teague.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT (Appendix I)

• J. Mealy requested a minor change to AMA’s definition of a model aircraft and its operation.

MOTION I:

Moved and seconded to accept the definition of model aircraft and its operation, as revised. This will replace the current definition in the Official AMA National Model Aircraft Safety Code, General section, item 7. MOTION passed unanimously.

• J. Mealy received a call from a gentleman who indicated that Fox National News broadcasted a report which included an FBI agent saying that model airplanes should be banned due to the possibility of them carrying explosives...
• While in the process of updating the Safety Code last year, a portion had been dropped and needs to be put back in the code.

MOTION II:

Moved and seconded to add as the first sentence in Safety Code, Radio Control item 5, I will not knowingly operate my model within three miles of any pre-existing flying site except in accordance with the frequency sharing agreement...

MOTION passed unanimously.

• Establishing the date of the annual membership meeting...

MOTION III:

Moved and seconded to announce that the General Membership Meetings for 2004 will be held at the AMA Show in Ontario, CA; WRAM Show in NY; AMA Homecoming in Muncie, IN; Weak Signal Show in Toledo, OH; and Chicago, IL...

MOTION passed unanimously.

• Council was informed that four members of the Hall of Fame Committee have resigned...
• B. Underwood, representing the Scholarship Committee, gave the report for the 2003 awards.

MOTION IV:

Moved and seconded to accept the recommendations of the Scholarship Committee for its 2003 awards. MOTION passed unanimously.

The committee will continue its follow-up research on scholarship recipients.

Break/Executive Session

During lunch S. Tweedy reported that the cost of embroidered shirts for VP’s, etc. had doubled...

Action Items

• Safety Committee to address the issue of possible wildfires caused by model planes. (see President’s report July 12, 2003 EC minutes) Make report at November EC meeting.
• New Ad hoc Committee: B. Oberdieck, Chmn; J. Hager; C. Bauer. Committee charged with reviewing nominating procedures to handle electronic submission of items.
• ED to draft a letter for President’s signature to Nats Steering Committee re reducing length of Nats to thirty (30) days starting in 2005.
• Send Media Package to all AVPs.
• R. Hanson to provide specific wording for proposed bylaws change re EVP position. Will present at November EC meeting.
• R. Hanson to E-mail copy of bylaws with changes thus far, to all EC members. Show changes in italics or bold; show strikeouts.
• Safety Committee to investigate proposal re modifying Safety Code General item 4. (see NEW BUSINESS page 5 of July 12, 2003 EC minutes).

NEXT MEETING

November 1-2, 2003 Muncie, IN

Respectfully submitted by JoAnne Brown, Recording Secretary for the July 12, 2003 Executive Council Meeting.