Originally Posted by init4fun

And my last statement here will be to rhklenke;

Bob, the place I occupy here, to some I'm an "AMA Hater", and to others I'm "5 digit AMA nobility", Is the place of one whose been an AMA member for better than 50 years and would like to see the AMA continue for at least 50 more (even though I'll be lucky to see even 10 more years myself). When someone like Franklin comes in here with what appears to be very well researched & presented data showing a precarious decline in our organization's finances you can bet your ass I'm gonna want to see either that data itself proven wrong, or if it can't be proven wrong I want major lifesaving changes to our organization to at least attempt to remain fiscally sound. Instead, what I get is to see Franklin himself get attacked and each and EVERY thread here devolve into a petty "us VS them" that in all reality paints all of us AMA members in the worst possible light to anybody from the public new to the hobby who happens to find this forum in their on line searches.

And so, my challenge to the board stands, can ANYONE provide ANY factual counter to Franklin's DATA, If so I'd sure as Hell like to see it !!!!!!!!