ORIGINAL: Rafael23cc
I read your post perfectly. The rule is there to protect the interests of the AMA and the interests of the club. If the pilot on the buddy box never joins the AMA, what purpose does it serve? Can that pilot (Non-AMA) join your club?
Exactly. The purpose of AMA is promote AMA (sell memberships), not to promote model aviation.
Some fools actually believe in the AMA Mission Statement. Laughable, isn't it?
The rule has nothing to do with safety and AMA has no interest as an insurer. Being an insurer is the only 'authority' AMA has to enforce their rules, i.e., the threat of voiding the insurance coverage they provide, and none is provided to the non-member on the buddy box. Any surprise that this is the least respected rule that AMA has on the books, and the most widely ignored?
The topic has come up many times in the forums, and the consensus seems to tend toward the opinion offered by Al Gunn. A proposal was made via the published protocols circa 2004 to eliminate the one-time-only clause. D-X VP put it on the EC agenda, but prior to the start of the quarterly meeting in Muncie, he discussed it with then Pres D Brown. It was removed from the agenda and the EC never got to consider it.
You like rules........where is the rule written that says the AMA president has the power to preemptively veto a change proposal prepared for EC action in accordance with the bylaws?