Originally Posted by
mongo
free to the new member.
the selling company paid an amount to the AMA to be able to offer the "free" memberships to their buyers.
still to be seen how many of that 812 will actually pay to renew when their "free" year runs out.
what was the date of the meeting minutes you found those numbers in?
Yes, free to the new members, but not without costs to someone.
Mike's comments were clearly made with the assumption that the AMA "gave" these memberships away for free, something that was just patently false. Sure, it' remains to be seen how many of them stay on. The figures however absolutely debunk the lies and/or misinformation that nobody with MR or Drones have joined the AMA. Chances are the numbers are even higher now, not only because of the BB program, but also just from new MR pilots. Either way, still a smaller percentage than the AMA was probably hoping for.
http://www.modelaircraft.org/aboutam...ecminutes.aspx
Here is a link to the meeting notes.