People seem to be missing something very basic here. The AMA forcing local clubs to limit participation to AMA members only (private or public owned sites).

The members of the local clubs elect their officers and in doing so set the rules that the club will abide by. If they chose to go the AMA route for whatever reason it is their choice. THE AMA HAS NO POWER TO FORCE A LOCAL CLUB TO AFFILIATE! Clubs affiliate because the majority of the members feel it is to their advantage. If what we see on this forum, that the majority of modelers don't want to belong to the AMA, then please tell me why this same majority of modelers choses to do other wise and support their AMA chartered clubs.

There apparently exits at least one "club", that of C. O. Jones (rec.model.rc.air NG), which can shun the AMA. Of course that"club" has the distinction of being totally invisible, inaccessible and for all practical purposes non-existant to the modeling community. The C. O. Jones "club" is unique in that his "members" apparently chose not to even remotely verify the existence or location of this modeling Shangrala.



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