I belong to two clubs that are AMA Chartered and insist the members keep current AMA.

But neither is an "AMA Club". The AMA really has nothing to do with the clubs and our operations. We pay them and not the other way around. If the AMA folded up tomorrow we'd still be flying. As was the case with the IMAA. We still are an IMAA club in spirit but have no national organization (it was just a splinter off the AMA anyway).

We have different hours of operation, decibel limits, and member "encouragements". One is focused on Giant Scale and is at a grass strip airport for "real" aircraft, and while we are within the AMA Safety guidelines we exceed several and VERY strict on spotters and monitoring the incoming aircraft (voice) radio transmissions for safety. They have all right-of-way at all times.

Neither is open to AMA members who are not also club members unless they are a guest (though there is always someone who will host a visitor with an AMA Card). The AMA Card does not guarantee you a club, and every club can have it's own rules and by-laws.