HELP REALLY WANTED! 

 SMAAC must recover and add members to reach a Quorum for it's  Annual Meeting!

Support for the Annual Meetings is extensive: planning, arrangements, registration, and counting ballots etc We lack enough volunteers for a joint Forum-and-Meeting. We need at least 25 more 2025 Members ($15 Dues). Also, we want to increase the Board of Directors to 9. Three Directors have 1 or 2 year terms and have paid dues each year. That allows the Board to continue, but we need a few hundred more dollars to make Forum contracts legally.So we need to elect 2, 4, or 6. Nominate a friend or yourself after joining! 

A Forum supporting how Aviation public health, safety, and environmental protection action risks across the United States are lessened is urgent. But SMAAC must maintain the 503-C-4 NFP requirements and elect officers and Directors Thanks to a few Generous Contributors, SMAAC has enough money to get along. We are still in need of new members and volunteers.

However potential partners want to include reporting about how Presidential appointees and Senate confirmations will likely impact operations and schedules at DOT, EPA, FAA and NTSB may increase Public Heathe and Safety risks

Climate change, health and safety risks and pollution are increased more by routes and schedules (hourly capacity at airports) than daily passenger and cargo weightsur members can ask for or demand attention from city, county, state and federal elected representatives and agencies --and get more attention form news reporters. (Before the pandemic for instance, MAC meetings were well attended by reporters and citizens. Those were a message to our City Councils, County Commissioners, and State Legislators. 2024 Forum/Blog Topic: Reform FAA Re-Authorization Climate Change Issues in Congress?

Government activities since 2017 reduced public events and limited questions by constituents and reporters. at every level. (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 was forced to resign. (There was a MN connection).

Please consider helping plan 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.