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Old 11-22-2017, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Hydro Junkie
There is, of course, another option but I doubt most would take it:
Everyone that doesn't have a lifetime membership SHOULD NOT renew their membership when it expires.
This would tell the board what everyone is really thinking, "I don't have any use for you" and, unless they change their ways of thinking, their income source will be gone along with the membership. I'm sure clubs, if they want to keep going, will drop the requirement of having an AMA membership since the AMA would be a "lame duck" organization anyway
The most recent financials would provide some incite into that. One area that I noticed that was significantly down was Club Charter Fees from 2015 to 2016. I'm no accountant and maybe someone smarter than me can pull more out of them than I can.
Club charter fees 2016- $234,688 down from $296,838 in 2015

http://www.modelaircraft.org/Members...lstatement.pdf

Mike