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Hi *|FNAME|*, we have a lot of things happening at the moment so keeping you in the loop is our top priority. In this email you will find;

MAAQ General Meeting information (22nd November)
Member Jungle (Our new Australia-wide membership system) Your clubs nominee!! (We will need your help)
Introducing our MAAQ President, Mick Dallmann

MAAQ General Meetings

Are you aware of the MAAQ General Meetings? The MAAQ General Meetings are held quarterly and invitations are sent out to all Presidents and Secretary's to attend (Club executives) about 14 days prior to the meeting.

What are they for?

The purpose of the meeting is to allow all members, via their club executives, to suggest ideas and raise issues to be tabled and voted on by those in attendance, the resolution of these issues and ideas assist the development of our sport in Queensland.

How do I raise a topic or suggestion?

One month prior to the meeting the MAAQ secretary contacts your club executive and asks them to reach out to their members to identify topics and ideas to be tabled at the meeting for discussion and voting. Your club Secretary is to then notify the MAAQ Secretary with who from their club will be attending, the topic they wish to discuss and their preferred outcome. Then at 14 days prior to the meeting (once all responses are in) the MAAQ Secretary will email all club executives with the Agenda of the meeting (including all topics and ideas raised) as well as meeting attendance information.

Members in attendance will get to hear the topic proposed by the club and those present will be able to vote on the outcome of the topic.

When are the meetings held?

The MAAQ General meetings will be held on the following dates;

22nd November, 2022
21st February, 2023
16th May, 2023
22nd August, 2023
21st November, 2023

You can also find and keep on top of these dates on the MAAQ Website under the Events Calendar.

Any questions? Please reach out to me and I will do my best to ensure I get the right answer for you.

Cheers

Rodney Clarke
MAAQ Secretary
secretary@maaq.org
0414 444 376

The New Membership System is coming

MAAA is progressing towards the replacement of current our Membership System and we need the help of each club (see below).

The new system is called Member Jungle and has been developed by an Australian based software company in Newcastle, NSW.

When released, it will be available to all members via the Internet on PC and Apple based Computers (there is even a Mobile Phone version for iOS and Android when we are ready). Member Jungle has an extensive and diverse list of users including Country Women’s Association, Harley Davidson Owners Club, Nurse Practitioners, and many other organisations.

Member Jungle is a "Feature Rich" product which is why the MAAA is taking a staged approach to the roll-out so it is not a shock to the system.

The MAAA have elected to not turn on all the features on day one, but have reassured us we will have all the functionality we currently enjoy in our existing system such as membership cards, club lists, state lists, reports, competencies and accreditations.

So what's next?

Stage 1 Setup - Each of the State Registrars and the MAAA team will do the initial Setup of each Club in Member Jungle (60+ Clubs in MAAQ, 300+ Nationally) and a key part of this is identifying a Club level Administrator/Representative for each club.
Stage 2 Cutover - This is where we will merge existing memberships to each of the Clubs over the course of a weekend (we will let you know when this happens)
Stage 3 Go-Live - Where the System becomes available to Clubs, States and Federal Level administration – this will probably be a staggered release.

Training and coming up to speed

There will be Training Videos, and the MAAA will be holding on-line/phone training sessions to make sure we are all up to speed.

What we need from YOUR CLUB

Over the next week we will need you to identify one person in your club to act as the nominated person who can be contacted to help get your club details correct. Traditionally this has been the Secretary, Treasurer, or Registrar but it does not have to be them.

This 'club administrator' will need to have an email address, access to a computer and internet connection. If they have negotiated online ordering or joined a club or organisation online then they are more than capable to do what MAAA needs.

May I ask each club (and special interest group) to come back to me with the following details of who will be their representative? (within the next week please). I will need the following information;

Club Name
Representative Name
Representative AUS #
Phone Number
Email Address

Thank you for your help and cooperation at helping us all make this a success.

Kind regards,
Rodney Clarke
MAAQ Secretary
secretary@maaq.org
0414 444 376

Introducing our MAAQ President

We sat down with MAAQ President Mick Dallmann to get to know him a little better...

How did you get started in Aeromodelling?

It all started from watching my Dad flying Control line from as early as I could remember. My first Control line plane was an Aeroflyte Hurricane with an OS 2.5cc when I was about 10 years old. So, for every Christmas and Birthday from then on it was either a kit or an engine or, if I was really lucky, both. That was back in the day when we glued things together and covered them with tissue or silk and used smelly stuff like dope. Just the most excellent fun for a young boy.

How did your father influence your love of aircraft modelling?

Growing up with a mechanic Dad there was always cool stuff like tools, welders, lathes and plenty of projects to use them on. We actually lived at the back of our Service Station business while I was in high school. That was back in the day when there was a workshop attached to the servo. Plenty of pocket money jobs for a boy wanting to buy planes and stuff.

What made you change from Control Line to RC?

I finally made the leap into RC with an Aeroflyte Hustler, OS 40FSR and Challenger 620 radio (precursor to Hi-Tec) when I was about 18 in 1984 while I was an apprentice Butcher in Townsville. RC would have been pretty extravagant for my pay grade at the time but I was supplementing my income by playing in a band on the weekends . That was great fun too and most of you will remember there was a band playing at most pubs every weekend in the 80’s. Looking back now I really don’t how I had the energy for everything I was doing.

Fast forward about 10 years (mid 90’s) and I was progressing to flying and competing in the odd Scale and sportsman class Aerobatic events. And then I discovered Pylon…. Luckily I was doing little better than apprentice money in my own business by then (only marginally sometimes though as many small business owners will know).

From Control Line, RC and now Pylon, were you heavily involved?

I was well and truly bitten by the Pylon bug and have been involved in some way ever since. I had some moderate success with competitive flying back in the day but since 2011 I have been to five Pylon world championships as team manager where the Australian team have been on the podium in First place 3 times and Second place twice. It has been great to be involved in that.

I have heard you have also dabbled in the odd Old Timer competition

Hey don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. And then there was a career change in the early 2000’s. By this time I was working in a retail supermarket management role. Soooo following on from a little bit of part time study and a leap of faith to a temporary contractor role and bam I am working in an IT department. Initially in desktop support and training but one thing led to another and nearly 20 years later I am in a role that oversees and coordinates the management of a couple of the main Case management systems and digital apps for a Government department. Definitely not a corporate high flyer but ok for an old butcher from Townsville. I like to remind some of my tech colleagues of this too if I find something they missed

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