Joe

Take my suggestion. Find out how the rules are changed. It's apparent that you believe that the EC debates each change for some time, unencumbered by outside input, then makes a decision. That is not, typically, how the process works. The information you think you want may not be in the posession of the AMA at all.

As with every article in MA, it is going to have different values to each individual. Obviously, to you, the current issue does not have value, while to many others it does. To paraphrase: information is in the eye of the beholder. I am sure you will get substantial debate which information is more important. I certainly take exception to your characterization of MA as a positive propaganda tool.

Minutes of any organization that I have been associated with can be rather cryptic until you get the hang of reading them. Abel normally does an excellent job of gleaning the issues, as do many other longtime readers. If what you want is every conversation that takes place within the AMA to be transcribed for you... it ain't gonna happen.

The minutes of the EC used to be carried in full. Very few show any interest in them and they now appear in a condensed format. The limitations of printing costs aside, it makes more sense to put things that the general membership has little interest in somewhere else, such as on the web site. It would be to everyone's benefit to go back in the MA archives in the Member's Only Section to around 1979-1980 to see what it used to be like. If you search for "AMA News" you will find a section that is about 15 pages. Read a couple of months worth and see if that is what you want. It is what I would prefer, but, I am in the huge minority.

The question remains. How does the AMA get you that information that is available in a way you are willing to assimilate it? It is there for you. How do they get it into your head? At this point, they are not even getting the basic information out to the members.

JR

That question is the basis of this thread.