Fwd: Contest Board Procedures

[george kennie]

Here, Here,.........me too!
Georgie

Bill Glaze wrote:

> 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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