go away fer 6 hours and 2 pages of stuff springs up<G>

jr, the ancedotal stuff i have posted about ins requirements were related to me by the city attourney.
in his opinion, the ama ins was severly deficient to protect the city, based on research he did into events at other municipalities in the southwest and their experiences. requiring it would cost the city much money in legal defense of an indefensable position at sopme later point. so form his point of view, and therefore the city's, free and unregulated unorganised citizen flying activity would be allowed on city park property, just the same as free and unregulated unorganised baseball, softball, and basketball activitys were allowed. now as soon as a club is mentioned, organization, then rental/lease arangements must be made and the city's general liability package no longer will cover, just like with organised sports. then each group must provide their own ins ackage.
this arangerment has worked well for the past 5 years, for us non club memebers, howerve it has been hell for the local club. they have shrunk to a paid membership of 25 now, where they had 75 3 years ago. this is in a city of just under 100,000.
just in the past 5 years, i have seen 5 of nine clubs within a 1.5 hour drive from where i sit, fold up cards and die. and more are heading that way , in this part of the world, anyway.

edit added, i did not ask the city attourney for details of his reasons for rejecting the ama ins.