CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS
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EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Randy Cameron
Pittsburg, Missouri
I am honored to have served and nominated as the Executive Vice President for the past six years and the District VI Vice President for the previous five years. I am again asking for your vote.
I’ve been an AMA Leader Member since the mid-1980s and became a contest director in the late 90s. I volunteered as the District VI Contest Coordinator for 12 years and still serve in that position today. I was a District VI Associate Vice President for four years prior to becoming the District VI Vice President. I’ve held about every club officer position in multiple clubs over the past 40 plus years, while in the military and in civilian life.
As the Executive Vice President, I’ve been called upon to manage all committees, and I am the chair of several committees. I’ve visited with the FAA and Congressmen in Washington DC and advocated for our recreational community to continue flying the way we have, although we now fall under the control of the FAA. It is very critical that we as a community can continue flying as we have for many years. Our safety record proves that we can and have coexisted with full scale aviation for many years and there is no true reason to penalize us.
I’m the committee chairman of the Property Acquisition and Development Committee. We continue to improve the current headquarters flying site with more improvements to come over the next few years. As chairman for the flying site improvement grant committee, I was involved in revamping and computerizing the Flying Site Improvement grant process. I fought to have the amount of money AMA provides for grants increased which allows AMA to fund more club grants. As part of our Marketing and Membership committee, I finally obtained board approval to provide a discount to military members and am still working to have a family membership developed.
Areas I believe the AMA must improve:
Step up our programs to involve more youth to help continue our hobby and for AMA growth. I recently championed to give 50 free youth memberships for the National Free Flight Society to help them improve and succeed with the Science Olympiad program. We still need programs to help clubs improve their memberships and to gain involvement from current members. Better communications to the membership on programs that exist that aren’t widely publicized. More electronic form processing to speed up applications and eliminate the cost to members and the AMA. Education to more local and national government agencies.
The AMA is currently strong in providing both federal and local government advocacy. This must continue for us to continue flying. With your vote, I’ll do my best to understand and communicate your issues to the executive council that provides direction to the AMA staff. I will do what is right for our modeling community. Contact me at flyrc@modelaircraft.org.
DISTRICT III VICE PRESIDENT
Randy Adams
Fairfield, Ohio
Randy Adams: https://www.facebook.com/randy.adams.3367
If you were to ask me “why am I going to take on this challenge”? My answer is that model aviation has been my passion since my youth and I want to see it continue to be around forever. Like all traditional hobbies, model aviation faces challenges. I won’t try to dazzle you with a perfect solution, because I don’t think there is just one. What I will commit to is working with the District and Executive Council on directions that are aimed at keeping traditional model aviation available for years to come. The hobby will always change due to competition demands, technology and government bureaucracy, but the fundamental goal of the AMA and [we] modelers should always be education and enjoyment in all of its forms. I believe the foundation of model aviation begins in our clubs and their association with the communities where they reside. Our common voice with the government is the Academy and its officers. As a district VP, my directions will represent the people of the district as best I can and know how to. I will commit to representing all aspects of traditional model aviation, and give 100% effort in representing D3 within the AMA EC.
I have served over the years in a multitude of AMA and club positions: D3 AVP since 2004, Club President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer and Safety Officer.
If you feel I am qualified and align with your thoughts on what model aviation is and should continue to be, I would appreciate your vote. Thank you!
Jeffry Black
New Oxford, Pennsylvania
I started flying model airplanes with my father when I was 8 years old, competing at 9 and got my first RC airplane at 10. My passion for aviation took off from there. I obtained my Associates from the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics & worked for Rockwell Int’l and Stambaughs Aviation. I’m the Quality Control Supervisor
