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9/17/08: |
Dear WAMA Members,
This has been a very active summer and early fall
for WAMA, and I have some important news to share with you.
First, our Vice-President, Michael Cheyne has accepted a position with the
Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport and will be leaving SeaTac and WAMA in
October. On behalf of the entire membership I want to wish Michael success in his
new adventure and thank him for all his years of dedicated service to WAMA. WAMA has
benefited greatly from Michaels energy, organizational skills, and leadership.
Michaels move created a vacancy and at our September 11th board meeting Bill Penor
from Paine Field was appointed to fill the Vice-President position. Bill has been on
the WAMA board since the beginning of this year and we are very pleased to have him
join the executive officer group. Among his other duties, Bill will be leading WAMAs
efforts with the aviation coalition.
Secondly, at the spring conference in Richland, we discussed the associations
legislative efforts and how to best maximize our impact on important issues
affecting airports. One outcome of that discussion was the formation of an aviation
coalition with Washington Public Ports Association, Washington Pilots Association,
Washington Community Airport Association, and the NW Business Aviation Association.
That group has met twice and is making significant progress toward organizing this
joint effort. You will be hearing more from the coalition later in the year. The WAMA board believes that in addition to the coalition efforts, our Association needs
the continued expertise of our long-time lobbyist, Susie Tracy. This will allow WAMA
to approach important legislative issues from two fronts and add to our
effectiveness on issues of concern to our membership. In light of this decision,
WAMA will re-institute the Legislative Assessment program that was on hiatus this
past year. Over the course of the next few weeks we will be sending our airport
members an assessment notice for 2008 along with our estimated assessment for 2009.
We recognize that you all have budget constraints and a variety of fiscal year
cycles and the timing is not ideal. However, we appreciate your support for this
important program and encourage all of you to participate.
Thirdly, as many of you remember, we deferred the fall conference this year because of
conflicts with the NWAAAE meeting in Medford. Our Association by-laws require two
membership meetings each year and later this fall we will be organizing a virtual
meeting via a conference call. More information will be coming out on this in the
next few weeks. Although we do not have a location or date for the spring
conference, we have been in contact with airports that are interested in hosting the
conference and we hope to have more information for you in the near future.
I hope you had a very pleasant summer. From all of us on the WAMA board, thank you for
your support.
Best Regards,
Robb Parish, President |
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8/22/08 |
2009 Spring Conference: It's time to
start planning for our 2009 spring conference. WAMA is looking
for a host Airport, Port, or Community and we encourage you to
seriously consider holding the conference. This is a wonderful
opportunity to showcase your airport and community and give our
WAMA members new experiences. Associated events such as a fly-in
or other activities unique to your community are interesting and
fun to share with our WAMA members.
Running a conference is not as difficult as you might think. The
WAMA board of directors and many of our members will provide
assistance with registration, accounting, and the agenda. Those
of us that have hosted conferences can attest to the benefits
that accrue to our community. Please contact me if you are
interested in hosting the 2009 spring conference and we will get
the process started.
Robb Parish
WAMA President
Airport Manager
Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport
robb.parish@pullman-wa.gov
509-338-3223 |
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