Well, the club doesn't want you flying at the site they control unless you have AMA insurance, and due to paranoid delusions of a certain AMA official that hopefully will soon leave office one way or another, you will not be insured until your check has cleared or your credit card company has honored the charge for AMA dues. You will not find this on the AMA application unless they have come up with a new one in the last couple of months. AMA does't run your club, they just tell your club who may be a member, and they will not allow you to be a member until they have your money in hard cash. So, sit and wait for your card to arrive.

Abel