Mr J_R

See the 4th post in this forum from HossFly ....
"As District VI VP ....."
He tried to make changes in the 70's without success.

See JrJohn's post ....
He stated " Our Club of 50 members send nearly $3000 to the AMA"

Our club of 225+ members send over $13,000 to the AMA.
Thats all I wanted to say to put things in the same proportion as jrjohn did (valid points I must say). Semantics, Semantics .... people can read into anything what they want sometimes.

As for Carl Maroney ... I personally don't need any info. I just pay my dues and take my chances. $58 is just the cost of doing business. Factored into the actual cost of my adventure, it is just the cost of a mediocre servo.

What I don't have illusions about, is the AMA being anything they aren't ... no matter what their justification is. It's just legal/political jargon to the people that are out to enjoy this adventure. Most of what the AMA does seems to be an illusion to them!

Just looking on the various forums you can see this attitude from many including those presently running for office. They say "things must change" ... what things ... ask them, it's their platform. One big one is lack of communication, another is getting the organization back to the people.

These two things alone don't say much for the organization.

I'll try and take your advice and watch how I say things.
But if I am not clear, "you have to ask me nicely" (Jack Nickleson - A few Good Men), then I will explain nicely.

State opinions but don't attack each other ... I wish humanly this was possible.

Oh ... to answer the question "Why Should I Join"
Asking the members at our club, the answer is always "For the Insurance" ... for whatever it is worth.