1. CMA Officers
1.1 Elected Officers
Collins Model Aviators' (CMA) general membership shall elect officers annually to handle business aspects of CMA affairs. The minimum set of officers shall include:
2. AMA Charter
CMA shall be required to be an Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) chartered club. The AMA Charter provides CMA, CMA members, spectators, and the flying site owner with liability and medical insurance. The flying site owner must be named as "additional insured" on the AMA charter.
CMA shall renew its AMA charter each year. Submission of AMA charter renewal forms is the responsibility of the Secretary. The AMA requires the charter renewal forms be received no later than March 31 of each year in order to continue seamless insurance coverage.
CMA's charter number is 3257.
3. Membership
3.1 Eligibility
Eligibility for membership in CMA shall be limited to the following:
4. Meetings
CMA club meetings will take place at Rockwell-Collins Main Plant cafeteria on the first Thursday of each month at 5:00pm. Unless otherwise noted. Neither employee badges nor property passes are required for this facility. The President has the authority to notify the membership of any changes to the time and place of the monthly meeting.
5. Financial
5.1 Subsidy
Rockwell Employee Services subsidizes CMA. The amount of subsidy for the following year shall be determined after review of club membership, activities, and expenses by Employee Services and CMA officers. Cutoff date for subsidy shall be Nov. 15 for the following calendar year's membership.
5.2 CMA Account
All CMA dues from eligible members shall be kept in a corporate account provided by Employee Services.
Funds collected from eligible dues shall be kept separate from subsidy money provided by Employee Services. Money for purchases must first be drawn from the dues account. Once the dues account is empty, then subsidy money may be used. The account containing subsidy money shall be spent by the end of the fiscal year.
5.3 Spending Authority
Elected officers may authorize spending CMA funds as deemed necessary and timely up to and including $100.00 per month. Any expenditure above $100.00 requires a simple majority vote at any regular scheduled monthly meeting. Only elected officers submit an expense report to Employee Services in order to request a check from the CMA account. The Secretary shall obtain an account balance sheet from Rockwell Employee Services before each CMA meeting and report it and all financial transactions to the general membership.
5.4 Assetts
CMA assets purchased after May 28, 1993 shall become Rockwell Collins corporate property. Purchases after May 28, 1993 must have the approval of Employee Services.
6. Flying Site
6.1 Access
Once a member passes a one-time pilot proficiency (e.g. solo) test in the presence of a CMA flight instructor he/she will be allowed unrestricted access to the flying field. Any individual that flies at the CMA field, is required to have current AMA insurance except under special circumstances as called out in the AMA guidelines. CMA reserves the right to restrict any person from the CMA flying site if that person repeatedly violates flying site rules or is a safety hazard to others.
Simultaneous operation of aircraft with widely differing flight characteristics can represent a safety hazard. CMA reserves the right to regulate operation of certain types of aircraft, on any or all of its fields, or to restrict their operation to certain days or times. Any restrictions will be noted in the field rules for each flying site.
6.2 Guests
Guest modelers are allowed to fly at the CMA flying site only while under the supervision of a CMA member with flying site access. It is the duty of the CMA member to brief the guest on flying site rules, including mandatory AMA insurance. The actions of the guest are the responsibility of the CMA member hosting the guest. CMA reserves the right to ban any guest from the CMA flying site if that person repeatedly violates flying site rules or is a safety hazard to others.
6.3 Field Rules
The CMA will organize flight and ground operations at its flying sites through field rules that comply with the AMA National Model Aircraft Safety Code.
6.3.1 General Field Rules
General field rules apply to all CMA flying sites, at all times, on all dates, unless the rule specifically states otherwise. CMA field rules will be published as a separate document.
6.3.1.1 Creating or amending general field rules
Field rules may be created or amended by two-thirds (2/3)-majority vote at two consecutive regular scheduled monthly meetings.
6.3.1.2 Emergency Field Rules
An emergency field rule may be created as the need arises due to specific conditions at the flying site(s). The purpose of this type of field rule allows implementation of a field rule immediately while adhering to 6.3.1.1. To create an emergency field rule, two (2) elected officers, the Field Marshall or Safety Officer, and one (1) member with unrestricted field access must all agree to its implementation. It will then be brought up at the next regular scheduled monthly meeting to be put to vote as in 6.3.1.1.
6.4 Rental
The Secretary shall be responsible for ensuring that any yearly field rental expenses are paid.
7. Flight Training
CMA shall have a formal flight training program, with approved flight instructors and a flight-training manual. Each flying season (typically May through October) the flight instructors shall set a schedule for training; listing times when instructors will be present at the flying field, weather permitting.
7.1 Flight Instructors
Individuals may become flight instructors by passing a flight instruction test in the presence of a current CMA flight instructor.
8. Amendments
CMA bylaws shall be amended according to the following procedure: