Originally Posted by
init4fun
Has the ship sailed ? Is there anything that will bring back the allure of remote controlling models of real life aircraft ?
I see the cover of this month's AMA mag is devoted to getting folks interested in RC aircraft , Kudos for that , but are we "playing to an empty house" ? I am more and more convinced the intended audience isn't getting the message as the population grows and our percentage of that population shrinks .
How DO you get folks interested in a hobby that seems to have had it's best days behind it ? The AMA is trying , I give them credit , but fear there is no breathing life into something that just don't seem to captivate the public's attention like it used to ......
Figured this thread was good to bump right about now , 5 months later still as the world's population grows our membership shrinks , anyone got any good constructive ideas of things the AMA could do to reverse this trend ? Let's not focus on the past , going forward what would the AMA's best moves be to increase membership now and in the future ? There are lots of intelligent AMA associated people here , one of my AMA member opinion polls netted close to 100 respondents , so let's hear it , let's hear what if anything the AMA could/should do to make itself more appealing to today's/tomorrow's hobbyist ...