Fwd: Contest Board Procedures

[Bill Glaze]

Ron:
Thanks for the great news.  Thanks also to John Fuqua, who obviously is 
cognizant of many of our wishes, and has been so good at raising AMA 
consciousness.
This is a tremendous step forward, and carries many good tidings.
I am just one of many who, I am sure, will congratulate John, (and I 
know you're in there, too! :-) ) for these far-thinking ideas.
So many pieces of good news, and in just one bulletin,  too!

Bill Glaze
AMA 2221
NSRCA 2388
IMAC 1624
N7WWS


Ron Van Putte wrote:

> John Fuqua, chairman of the R/C Aerobatics Contest Board, asked me to 
> forward the following to the NSRCA Discussion List:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> Subject: Contest Board Procedures
>>
>> On 5-6 Feb AMA convened a meeting of the Contest Board chairmen at 
>> AMA HQ to
>> rewrite the Contest Board Procedures.  The revised procedures will 
>> become
>> effective after the Executive Council approves them, probably at the 
>> April
>> meeting.  I was presently surprised that moving back to a 2 year 
>> rules cycle
>> was on everyone's agenda.  So beginning with the next cycle we are 
>> back to a
>> 2 year cycle.  In another positive move, the Competition Regulations 
>> (Rule
>> Book) will be placed on the AMA website and it will be the OFFICIAL 
>> copy.
>> Printed copies will be available upon request but the official copy 
>> will be
>> the website version and any changes during the cycle will be immediately
>> posted to the website.  Another great improvement is that rules 
>> proposals
>> will be posted on the website as soon as they are accepted.  This 
>> will be
>> the ENTIRE proposal not a synopsis and everyone will have immediate 
>> access.
>> As a result proposals will no longer be published in Model Aviation.  We
>> also addressed Board Member appointment and retention.  Realize that 
>> Board
>> Member appointment is strictly at the discretion of the District Vice
>> President (DVP) per the AMA bylaws but the new procedures emphasize 
>> that the
>> DVP should consult with the Special Interest Group(s) before 
>> appointing a
>> new Board member.  We also included some criteria which could result in
>> removal of a Board Member due to poor performance or lack of activity.
>> Other changes were made relating mostly to administrative procedures 
>> for the
>> Board.  All in all, this new document is a great improvement over the 
>> old
>> one.
>>
>> John Fuqua
>> RC Aerobatics Contest Board Chairman
>>
>>
>>
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