ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
Mountaineer
Negative...after...negative...posts with no real solutions.
Real soultions that you disagree with are still real solutions
Well, I dont have any particulars...
but we know the AMA figured it was worth a shot
to offer a membership tier with a cheap magazine to replace MA and sell the tier for almost HALF what Open pay.
While that tier had a bunch of problems,
the concept they(muncie) fronted, that you can have a $26 cheaper membership without MA,
is worth considering in a different, less restrictive application to appeal to all aeromodelers... details
TBD
Worth a shot, right?
it's a waste of time to try and convince a minority of closed minds that there can be a better future.
'Better' implies 'not the same'.
What was that we heard about the reason ED JC left?
We have been trying to make AMA better for years, some of us for decades,
maybe you should look at the AMA memebsr that are fighting so hard to resist change.
(note: Membership is falling like a rock and yet Never Change Nuthin is the order of the day... and that is something else that needs to change)
You want to make the AMA better than it is now?
Welcome to our team.
Sometimes the giants need to come down to the ground before anything can get done by the real workers. It is the old 20/80 rule. Twenty percent of the people do eighty percent of the work. I have seen this my whole life and rarely have I seen an org that could carry out any real work because the majority of them are so tied up in red tape and board of director slop to the point they just cannot get the engines started and the wheels moving in any decent direction. It happens.
Also work is directed in certain areas instead of being equal standard for all. I am sure many feel this way about the money being pumped in certain areas and not in others. In other words orgs are biased to whom they help and this "respect" will eventually get you in trouble. Orgs have to shoot for a standard across the board that is best for all concerned. It can be difficult to do.
There have been many solutions offered throughout the forums. Not a mention of any consideration of those solutions by AMA. Some have posted in a manner, "Well here is what they (AMA) did for us." (my paraphrase) Again something as simple as promotional materials to grow the hobby and the clubs would be valuable to all clubs involved in AMA. It just hasn't happened and it is doubtful it will.
So to restate a question, why do we need the AMA? To promote science and education of RC, correct?