Why does the AMA have to grow?
I have read countless arguments on countless threads about "Why the AMA is not growing" but I have a question with another view....Why does the AMA have to grow? A business/corporation needs to grow to pay its shareholders, and in turn grow year after year to provide dividends again year after year. But does the AMA really "need" to grow? It is by mission statement a "non profit organization" so it doesn't need to show a profit or pay its shareholders, so why so much interest/concern put on "growing". Doesn't it do what it is was originally designed to do without an increase in membership? I am not asking this sarcastically, but would appreciate posts stating why a lot of posters feel the "need" for the AMA to grow. And PLEASE lets not let THIS thread become about the IRS status of the AMA, that is the farthest thing from what I am asking here......