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09-23-2016, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by porcia83

So there's lot of discussion recently by a few folks about the AMA and the millions of dollars they collect by way of our dues. One suggestion is that more money should be given out to clubs, but it's not clear what clubs, and how this should be done.

Is your club going to upgrade or improve facilities? Would you be surpirsed to hear that the AMA hands out money for this? By golly they sure do! It's like...free money there for the asking! That's done through the AMA Flying Site Grants. As an aside, they gave out $23,000 in 2016.

Fair enough. They did give clubs $23,000. In the same minutes, they mentioned spending five times that for two projects at Muncie flying sites. How an organization allocates it's scarce dollars is a direct representation of their priorities. $23K for where majority of members fly; $126K for Muncie.

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