The MAAC Paradigm
* the majority of MAAC members join MAAC for the insurance, "you have to have MAAC to fly here"
* the majority of MAAC members fly for fun, fly for recreation.
* the majority of MAAC members fly R/C.
* the majority of MAAC members do not participate in formal model airplane competitions or air sports.
* the majority of MAAC members are not concerned about model aviation records
* the majority of MAAC members do not go to zone meeetings.
* the majority of MAAC members are not concerned about the advancment of model aviation, they are flying for fun or out there to have fun, one simple thing, go out to the flying field and have fun, relax......shoot the breeze, may not even fly
* the majority of new MAAC members fly r/c, buy arfs.
Now the MAAC purpose and objects in the MAAC constitution:
[link=http://www.maac.ca/docs/doc_constitution_e.pdf]maac constitution[/link]
* act as a rep of the Aero Club of Canada to establish and maintain official regulations governing the condcut of model airplane records and contests and too issue sanctions for the same....
* to foster and enhance, assist, aid, engage in and develop scientific advancment in the sport of model aeronautics.....
* to provide a central organization to record and disseminate information relation to model aeronatutics
* to publish scientific journals and new bullitens relation to model aeronautics
* to guide and direct national model activites to the end that model aerounatutics may be advanced........
* to direct the technical organiztion of national and interantional model aircraft contests.........
* to license model aircraft and fliers thereof for competition in accordance.......
* to have recoginzed by the Aero Club of Canada all official model aircraft compeition and records which are sanctioned by MAC
* to enable the holding of model aircraft contests witht ehsanction of MAAC.
MAAC is directed by it's constitution, not in step with the activites of today's membership, the majority do not take an active role in maac, did not join MAAC becasue they wanted to but had to, do not attend zone meetings to effect change, the few that do attend zone meetings do so to keep maac the same.
MAAC has a large operationing budget, if no insurance, then a huge drop in membership...
an interesting case.