I received a response from Dave Brown a bit ago in response to an e-mail I sent him. It surprised me for several reasons. 1) I finally got a response. 2) The answer he provided to a tough question was amazing. 3) Dave answered much more than I asked - I think he was frustrated and was somewhat venting to me about the crap in general he has to put up with.

After years of not really being sure of the intentions of our elected officials, Dave Brown in particular, I now say that I believe that the guy is trying to do the right thing. I used to be a club president, so I know how difficult is it to please every member in the club - consider how Dave feels trying to please 150,000+ members. No matter what you do, someone is sure to criticize you.

The problem as I see it that DB has to contend with is that AMA does lots of good stuff for the hobby and the membership in general. But, why go out of your way to make it public knowledge so to speak - you will get hammered by those that don't agree. 149,999 members might like what you did, but that 1 remaining SOB can make your life miserable.

It is real easy to criticize and tell someone how they should do such and such - it is another thing to actually have all the facts available and try to make the right decision, in spite of all the criticism you will surely get.

I do beleive that AMA needs to communicate the success stories that they have achieved - like frequencies as mentioned above.

Dan