Originally Posted by Hydro Junkie

My thoughts are this:

• The AMA would charge $85 for me to be a member for one year. This would not include else in my household
• NAMBA did charge $90 for me AND THE WIFE to be members for a year
• The average flying club would charge me a fairly substantial fee for being a member whether I use the facilities provided or not
• My boating club, R/C Unlimiteds, charge me $15 per year, per boat, for membership and a participation fee for each race I go to for awards for winners so I only pay for what I use.
• The AMA has raised it's membership rates TWICE in the past 8 years
• NAMBA HAS NOT raised their membership rates since I first became a member, almost 10 years ago

My question is why is it that NAMBA has not felt the need to raise their rates in over 10 years while the AMA has raised theirs twice? Let's see if we can figure this one out :

• AMA has a overpriced PAID staff that is borderline incompetent, NAMBA has a volunteer staff
• AMA has a facility that includes a museum that most don't care about and a field that is rarely used by anyone from outside the Muncie area, NAMBA has none of that to spend money on
• AMA prints a quarterly magazine that costs substantial amounts of money, NAMBA has a newsletter that costs little more than ink and paper

Sounds to me like NAMBA doesn't spend more than it has to while the AMA spends money because they have it. Kind of like watching the Democrats trying to pass their multi-billion dollar bills that don't benefit the people, just the organization.