Vote for Mark T. Smith AMA Executive Vice President Dear Newsletter Editor, My name is Mark Smith and I’m running for the office of AMA Executive Vice President.  I am currently the AMA District 9 VP, holding this position for the last three years.  I have been active in model aviation most of my life and held numerous leadership positions in clubs throughout the U.S.  The purpose of my letter is to ask for your vote and support by placing my campaign statement in your club newsletter.  The following is a brief overview of my accomplishments with AMA: As District 9 VP I have doubled the number of Leader Clubs in the District, Chartered a club of approximately 200 members into AMA, established a District web site and traveled extensively to meet and listen to members throughout the District. As a board member of AMA, I chair the Marketing Committee with a focus on increasing membership by designing and implementing several creative programs, and contracted a public relations firm which has brought us national exposure on ESPN along with numerous newspaper, magazine and television spots which promotes model aviation. For the past three years, I have developed a close and highly respected working relationship with our AMA President, Dave Mathewson.  We communicate on almost a daily basis to address AMA issues.  If elected as your Executive Vice President, I would like to focus on the following over the next three years: ·        Grow and aid in securing flying sites for our clubs through creative financing of club-owned sites ·        Stimulate the growth of AMA by implementing various creative marketing programs ·        Grow the number of Leader Clubs ·        Support the introduction and education of model aviation to our youth ·        Provide leadership for the EC on financial matters ·        Push for EC term limits so that new, fresh and creative ideas can be implemented which results in ensuring the longevity of a healthy AMA I would like to continue this modeling journey and with your support, I believe we can accomplish even more in the next three years.  Again, if possible, I would like for you to consider including my full campaign statement in your newsletter which can be found on my web site at http://home.everestkc.net/marktsmith/ in both a pdf and Word format.  Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! Mark T. Smith A model citizen ... a model builder ... a name to trust.