Instead of a 4 month old "what happened to last years money report" why not a month by month updated budget report on where they want/will to spend the money.

If you don't have one of these for every month lord help the financial situation at the AMA.

As a newcommer to the hobby I can tell you 90% of the people who go out to the club twice a month to fly (I would guess this is a majority of AMA members) have no clue what's really going on. If people saw a financial report when they filled out thier application things might change.

As it is now your not allowed to even bring up change in the AMA at our club because they don't want the "insurance" ride to ever go away. The AMA has exactly ZERO to do with my club other than the insurance - that's all we ever hear.

First thing they tell new people at both local clubs is "Just join the AMA for the insurance and throw away the magazine" and "You'll never get anything out of the AMA other than insurance so just accept that".

Isn't that sad...