Originally Posted by Hydro Junkie

I would tend to disagree. I pay a $15 yearly membership fee to my scale hydroplane racing club for each boat I register and another $90 membership/insurance fee to the North American Model Boating Association for both the wife and I. In addition, I also pay a $20 racing fee to participate in each race I go to. If I go to every race my club has, of which there are 11 this year, I would be looking at $325 for membership in NAMBA, membership and boat registration and entry fees for a single boat. At the same time, I wouldn't pay a dime to the AMA. The EC has already shown they have no idea what fiscal responsibility is. All I have to do is look at how they waste their funds to know I want no part of them. NAMBA has no hired staff, no headquarters building or property to be maintained. What NAMBA does have is a President, Vice President, Executive Secretary, 20 district directors and 15 chairmen. The difference between the AMA and NAMBA is that NONE OF THE PEOPLE LISTED ABOVE GET PAID!!!!!!!!! I can read the NAMBA monthly newsletter/magazine, Propwash, online for free so NAMBA doesn't have to pay over a million dollars per year to print and publish a magazine. I hope you can see the difference