ORIGINAL: Red Scholefield
Horrace, You do realize that the IMAA is the ONLY SIG that restricts their events to IMAA members. Not a good way to pick up new members IMHO.
Hmmm...Sounds like you are saying; limiting model pilots to only those that belong to the particular organization impedes the organization's own growth...
ORIGINAL: Red Scholefield
The IMAA also wanted to allow non-AMA members, ie. Sport Flyers Association, to fly at their events as well as not require AMA membership to belong to the IMAA when thay applied for SIG status.
BUT how do we reconcile your above point with the first rationalization of yours??? It seems in the above statement that you are against IMAA's desire to open its events to more pilots....
Maybe your point is "AMA or no way"... That is the only thing that fits both rationalizations... but AMA limits it events to only AMA members... is that killing them too??? or does that only apply to inferior orgs like IMAA???