Not to be outdone, MAAC, like AMA, has a small vocal few who consider themselves the armchair overseers who "know best what Canadian modellers want". Funny enough, though they've tried for many years, they can't scrape together more than a handful of followers who do no more than take pot shots at thos who actually volunteer to further the organization.

But enough on that, MAAC is certainly smaller than AMA, but IMHO they do a bang up job promoting the hobby across our vastly dispersed population. Are they perfect? No. But, if you'r willing to invest the time, it is possible to make a difference. MAAC is small enough to still be influenced by a few dynamic members.

Population distribution results in the majority of modellers being concentrated in the Southern Ontario area. This results in a lot of the impetus for MAAC comes from the large groups in that area. This is often viewed as discriminatory and leads to silly us vs. them east vs west (which is silly because Ontario is far from the true east, coast that is). Sadly, that pattern is not limited to modelling....

And before my usual opponents chime in, yes, I am from "the centre of the universe" (Toronto area).