Originally Posted by
rcmiket
I intentionally left that off my post for obvious reasons we all know ( well most of us anyway) they "screwed the pooch" . I pretty much stopped posting here as in the past I've been labeled ( along with others that point out the failures of OUR organization ) as of those "haters" even though I'm a long term AMA member , Leader Member , Club Officer and work part time at a LHS which helps me see just how modelers feel on this stuff. I do this stuff for the love of the hobby and my flying friends nothing more. In reality I'm not getting any younger and people willing to get involved is shrinking in numbers daily. I'm not sure how much longer I want to be this involved and I'm ready to just go out and fly and hang with my flying buddies.
Maybe it's just me, but if you read carefully the EC notes and a lot of the messaging coming out of Muncie, there's an undercurrent of trying to return to a bygone era. An era of strong participation in competitions, an era of building, etc. The problem is, times have changed - unfortunately AMA hasn't.
Look at the continued publishing of a magazine that even with spending cuts, is losing on the order of half a million a year. Say they kick the can down the road six months and then make a decision to cut at some point in the future. That's an over decision to accept even more losses. So what, continue putting more good money after bad? That's just poor management & leadership. Yet they do it.
And I'm going to make a prediction. If you're a member, download and hold on to a copy of the recently published 2019 annual report, as well as the recently published financial audit. Then, once we have their 2019 tax filing information, we can see if what they said in their annual report about membership numbers is consistent with the IRS filing for membership revenue ... trends should match at least.
I already have a copy of their 2019 audit report, which historically is very closely aligned with their IRS filing, so like any good lawyer - "I already know the answer before I ask the question." However, since the audit report is a members only document, I'll wait until I can quote data from their PUBLIC document, the IRS filing.