ORIGINAL: jetflyer
How many people fly at clubs which are chartered with the same name under AMA and IMAA? Isn;t that a violation under the AMA?
Even though membership into the IMAA requires current AMA membership, AMA document 909 states that an AMA club must be chartered only with the AMA and cannot be chartered with any other organization. And if it does, it must do so under a different name.
http://www.modelaircraft.org/PDF-Files/909.pdf
JR Gautreaux
The IMAA has chapters, they do not charter a club. An IMAA chapter may be or not be affiliated with a Chartered AMA club. There are some IMAA chapters that are an entire club. This club my be chartered under the AMA. Chapters vs Clubs - they are not mutually exclusive. The IMAA chapter within an AMA chartered club may have a different name or carry the name of the club. The Binghamton Aeros are an IMAA chapter, and the name of the AMA chartered club is The Binghamton Aeros. My club, The Flying Gators MAC, has and IMAA chapter which goes under the name Avigators.