Dan,
I agree.
Modelers need a unified front.
I would like to say that I joined AMA in the early '80s and then left the hobby for various non-AMA related reasons.
Now, nearly 20 years later it seems folks have the same complaints about AMA.
For the life of me I can't understand why.
I mean how do they harm the everyday modeler.
Sure, there are other organizations they could try to emulate...like EAA.
Check their facilities, activities, mags and dues structure sometime!
But, AMA is the only game in town.
People don't understand insurance liability issues so when they show someone "look, we have insurance coverage" that's as far as they look. Doesn't matter what the real value of the coverage is.
I enjoy the magazine and appreciate all those that have gone before to make the hobby what it is today.
JLK