Originally Posted by
ECHO24
It is from Lawrence Tougas' campaign statement, the only common sense I've seen from anyone at AMA.
2% growth in multirotors over nearly five years shows Lawrence Tougas was on the mark. Those are also
most likely traditional modelers who also have drones, as Tougas points out below.
"We must return the AMA’s focus back to traditional modelers...
... a tidal wave of bad news stories crashed down on AMA members... The common denominators in
these events were that the offender was flying a multi-rotor model (MRM) and they were not an AMA member.
The problem is ...Since an MRM pilot doesn’t need flight instruction and they can be flown from a small area there
is no incentive to join a local club or the AMA. ... Less than 10% of our members list MRM or First Person View
(FPV) as their interest. Most of the current MRM and FPV pilots that are AMA members are traditional modelers
who have expanded into these areas not new recruits to our fold.
So if we are not seeing a large increase in membership in these areas then why is the AMA chasing people
who have clearly spoken that the AMA is not for them? ...The thought was the AMA would have a new stream
of members to fund all of our membership programs such as flying site assistance grants, education scholarships,
political outreach, etc. ..it is time to reassess our plan."
AMAhas been chasing drones and FPV over Hanson's fantasy of ruling all RC flying, even when it became clear
it was a dead end. It's the FAA and FRIAs that have finally ended it. Ignore whatever you like.
*** Tougas ran in the 2015/2016 election. I didn't bother changing it.
Spot on. And yet another example of people telling Hanson and the cabal that their strategy failed - yet they ignore it like they ignore just about everything. And we see how well THAT approach is working! Presumably they ignore things like Tougas and others because they believe they have some divine insight that nobody else can see. Or we can see it, but we're too stupid to realize how smart they (Hanson et. all) are.
But again, the results of Hanson and his cabal are clear. Declining membership. No fundamental change in spending priorities. Keep running a deficit. Keep giving MA Editor "more time" to stop the losses. Keep giving ad company "more time" to get advertisers. Keep spending more on websites etc. that don't work and/or need to be changed ... YET AGAIN. No fundamental change in strategy - keep doing the same and hope for a different result.