HELP WANTED!
SMAAC must recover members lost in the pandemic era and ask them to support in-person and on-line video Meetings, Forums, or social gatherings. Government activities at every level also reduced public events and limited questions by constituents and reporters. Our Annual Meetings, interesting Forums and other activities supported aviation public health, safety, and environmental protection across the United States, and we affiliated with the AVIATION-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE against environmental rules proposed by airlines and FAA, formally commenting in the Federal Register. (In 2018, FAA proposed using a phony "common metric" allowing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from aviation effectively unattended. Five Presidential appointees to FAA management posts remained around until the FAA Administrator resigned.)
Please consider helping with the upcoming SMAAC FORUM! The Forum Committee is planning a public survey (our 1,200-household email list) following up the Forum topics. It is possible we will have a Forum Co-Sponsor. We need publicity, recruitment, and arrangement subcommittee help.
2024 Forum/Blog Topic: Reform FAA Re-Authorization Climate Change Issues in Congress?
The South Metro Airport Action Council (SMAAC) usually holds “Town Hall Forums.” in November to raises awareness of the Metro airport or aviation situation. The admissions or donations are received as SMAAC Membership Dues. TThe Annual Members' Meeting and Board Elections follow.
You can help:
ARRANGEMENTS: Do you know any Not-for-profit or grant board members we can ask about co-sponsoring the Forum? Could you help sell Forum Tickets and collect dues? Operate video and sound systems? Record presentations and comments? Set-up and clean-up?
HOSTS: If our Forum speaker(s) are not local, such as an FAA official or a Congressional Transportation Committee member, can you meet them and make them comfortable?
PUBLICITY: While we have about 1200 households following SMAAC and a list of editors and reporters, the attendance or support we need will depend on memberships and donation. We can use techs and writers for the Websites.
TELLERS: SMAAC has four Board of Directors vacancies and a couple of other matters before the Annual Meeting.
DIRECTORS: "Refreshing the Board is essential (I'm 86)" President Jim Spensley. Nine Directors is best. By-Laws are 3-year terms, rotated. Some vacancies are one- or two-year terms. There may be retirements sooner if a smooth and serious Board is elected.
In our Metro area, economics are vital. Business, industry, home, hospital, and school accommodations were affected by economic growth: new aviation services added jobs, employed residents, added consumers, increased tax revenues. Northwest and Sun Country were “Hometown” businesses in the 1960’s as jets were introduced. The Metro Airports were enlarged and non-commercial aviation use of the MSP Airfield (except Military) moved out. (That was not generally supportive of large businesses and economics. NWA employed about 8,000 Minnesotans, DELTA, less than 3,500).
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