Chad - the figures you quote are fairly recent. I was refering to the years 1994 - 1995 when MAAC politics became quite heated with the change in the insurance deductible, the Brandon Nats, Rick Reid and the Aero Club of Canada, all of this raised the awarness of average joe maak member of how MAAK spends your membership $$. Some view any FAI funding as very wasteful considering there are higher priorities for MAAK, such as insurance, frequencies and flying fields.

The big debates started in 1994 and continue to this day, my point is the approach of the rccan of pro SE maak propaganda and banning of opposing views has not help us.
Thanks to guys like MArc Sharpe, Wayne Bransfield, Rick Reid and others that have taken the high heat, Maak has improved greatly since 1994 become more accountable, is stronger now thanks to these guys but has a way to go.

We all want the same thing - fly our toy airplanes and be happy!

cheers - ken