ORIGINAL: J_R
The AMA has been stable at about 2500 chartered clubs for several years. Each year, we lose a few and we gain a few and the net change is zero.
Call your local TV station and get a price on a 30 second ad and you will answer your own question. Forget the Super Bowl, those ads cost more than the building would.
Which fat cats in Muncie are you refering to? The competitors that build and fly indoor models, or the Elected UNPAID members of the EC? Or are you talking about the ones that chase mice in the crop fields?
Fat cats? The ones who decide to take on stupid ideas like this with everyones elses money. As far as advancing aeromodeling, a net change of zero doesn't really seem like we are going in the right direction. We probably lose more people and clubs because of ignorant b.s. like this.