Back to the topic at hand...
One poster here mentioned that drone pilots won't bother with AMA fees because they go to parks, sports fields, etc to fly. Yet the AMA flourished back in the days of control line when all a guy needed to fly was a reasonably flat acre of land and a few ounces of fuel. Why did control line pilots pay for AMA back then? I think I know the answer, but I'm interested in how those who think the AMA is wasting its resources think the AMA was successful back then when nobody needed access to a club field either.