Originally Posted by
porcia83
I'm sure you know the acronym....GIGO......apply that to some of the info shown on the AMA site. If the clubs feed the AMA incorrect info, that's what is going to show. I know a club close to me that lists that they have 259 members, when I was just at their meeting and they said 129. Is the AMA somehow responsible for that? Mix in google maps, coordinates etc etc and there are lots of errors. Not sure we want our dues going to someone at the AMA to spend their time cross checking every one of the 2,000 plus club to ensure complete and perfect accuracy.
The same goes for clubs that don't keep their contact information up to date, or don't respond at all to inquiries. That's on them. I've seen some websites for clubs that haven't been updated since 2012 yet they are still active. Site maintenance usually is someone someone volunteers to do, and if you're part of a club you know how it goes when requests to help do thing goes......pullin teeth!
I don't blame AMA for the incorrect info. However, part of the "sales pitch" for AMA membership is in large measure all these places to fly. Yet it isn't too difficult to find flying sites for which you get no response. So if some percentage of those flying sites are in fact defunct, isn't that misrepresentation in part the AMA's issue?
Just got back from seven more batteries worth through one of the 450's and the 500. All in less time than it would have taken me to drive to club, park, unpack, and set up to fly (assuming of course I didn't have to wait for flying space).