The coverage we received is great news. I know that I am preaching to the quoir here when I say, It is up to all of us to be ambassadors of the sport / hobby. On that note, I can't imagine that competing in RC is any less of a sport than Poker, and that is on ESPN all the time. <BR><BR><B><I>Mark Hunt <flyintexan@att.net></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType"
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BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tony@radiosouthrc.com href="mailto:tony@radiosouthrc.com">Tony</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">'General pattern discussion'</A> ; <A title=discussion@seniorpattern.com href="mailto:discussion@seniorpattern.com">discussion@seniorpattern.com</A> ; <A title=amadist5@yahoogroups.com href="mailto:amadist5@yahoogroups.com">amadist5@yahoogroups.com</A> ; <A title=rldixon3@cox.net href="mailto:rldixon3@cox.net">'Bob Dixon'</A> ; <A title=dtonan@mac.com href="mailto:dtonan@mac.com">Dick Tonan</A> ; <A title=shellback76@bellsouth.net href="mailto:shellback76@bellsouth.net">'Douglas Jones'</A> ; <A title=fenderjw@gmail.com href="mailto:fenderjw@gmail.com">'Fender,
James W MAJ'</A> ; <A title=the-plumber@mindspring.com href="mailto:the-plumber@mindspring.com">'Fred McClellan'</A> ; <A title=hog81254@bellsouth.net href="mailto:hog81254@bellsouth.net">'Jhon Russell'</A> ; <A title=jsaiffchipmunkrc1@verizon.net href="mailto:jsaiffchipmunkrc1@verizon.net">Jim Saiff</A> ; <A title=jsoto5@cfl.rr.com href="mailto:jsoto5@cfl.rr.com">'Jose R. Soto'</A> ; <A title=lamarblair@amadistrict-v.org href="mailto:lamarblair@amadistrict-v.org">'Lamar Blair'</A> ; <A title=owen@amadistrict-v.org href="mailto:owen@amadistrict-v.org">'Owen Maupin'</A> ; <A title=cpaulverger@yahoo.com href="mailto:cpaulverger@yahoo.com">'Paul Verger'</A> ; <A title=redscho@bellsouth.net href="mailto:redscho@bellsouth.net">'Red Scholefield'</A> ; <A title=prann@onelinkpr.net href="mailto:prann@onelinkpr.net">'Richard Prann'</A> ; <A title=rick@rickadoo.com href="mailto:rick@rickadoo.com">Richard Whitely</A> ; <A title=spacewalker@bellsouth.net
href="mailto:spacewalker@bellsouth.net">'Roger Marshall'</A> ; <A title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ron Van Putte</A> ; <A title=tony@creativestagingsystems.com href="mailto:tony@creativestagingsystems.com">'Tony Fandino'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESPN2 and the AMA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please see AMA President’s note below and contact DANA at ESPN!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tony Stillman,
President</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Radio South, Inc.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">139 Altama Connector, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Box</st1:Street> 322</st1:address></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Brunswick</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy;
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Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> AMA President [mailto:webmaster@modelaircraft.org] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, August 08, 2008 4:34 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Tony Stillman<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> ESPN2 and the AMA</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear AMA Members:<BR><BR>As many of you know yesterday, August 6, 2008 we took a big step forward in promoting model aviation and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Model Aeronautics</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. <BR><BR>A little over seven months ago when I became AMA president, I said that I
wanted to get model aviation on ESPN – and yesterday we accomplished that objective! While this was a relatively short clip, and our ultimate goal still is to get feature coverage of an aeromodeling event, we now have our "foot in the door".<BR><BR>ESPN's daily show, "ESPN First Take," featured footage (provided by AMA member Fred Midgett who is President of High Planes Productions) of the 2008 XFC and AMA All-Star Andrew Jesky flying his helicopter. ESPN First Take, formerly Cold Pizza, is aired Monday-Friday from 10 AM-Noon ET on ESPN2. <BR><BR>During the segment, host Dana Jacobson mentioned that she doesn't think of model flying as a sport although she thought it was "very cool". While many of us view modeling as our hobby, there are just as many of us that describe today's aeromodeling activities as sport. Let's contact Dana, thank her for featuring model flying on her show, let her know that competing in championships such as the XFC is indeed a sport, and that we,
as AMA members, would love to see more model flying on ESPN. <BR><BR>You can contact Dana at: <A href="mailto:espnfirsttake@espn.com">espnfirsttake@espn.com </A><BR><BR>If enough of us contact ESPN, perhaps we can continue to see model flying on national T.V.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Dave Mathewson<BR>AMA President<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <div> <HR> <div></div>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>