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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Members:<BR><BR>In response to the e-mail that
Frank sent to the membership, I feel that I need to clarify my position.
First, I was unaware that AMA counted the ballots in a prior election.
Somehow, I didn't get this info. Second, I take offence to the notion that
I am in complete violation of the rules. If the person who wrote the
by-laws would have put "SHALL" instead of "SHOULD", this would not have given me
the option. I read that as something that we might need to do, but
not an absolute requirement. It is apparent that this needs to be
re-written. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, I don't see AMA counting the votes as any
"fairer" that NSRCA doing it. I have now heard about ballots that were not
counted when AMA did it the last time. I have no way of knowing if this is
true or not, but just the rumor that this might have happened makes me
think we would be much better off to have a completely separate organization
that has nothing to do with model airplanes to count the votes. AMA sends
it's election ballots to an independent accounting firm for this, and that is
what I think we should do as well. This way, there is no connection
between NSRCA and the tabulators. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, that is the direction I am going to go with
this. I am checking into an accounting firm that will handle this and go
that way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have also directed the NSRCA Secretary to forward
the ballot information to our new publisher and they will handle the printing
and mailing of the ballot so that the NSRCA officers will be out of this loop as
well. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tony Stillman<BR>Radio South<BR>3702 N. Pace
Blvd.<BR>Pensacola, FL 32505<BR>1-800-962-7802<BR><A
href="http://www.radiosouthrc.com">www.radiosouthrc.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>