ORIGINAL: abel_pranger
What is the matter with Standard Oil that you felt you had to fill up at the UnoCal station instead?
The poster that raised the question clearly did not suggest any interest in an alternative to model aviation, but rather asked about support for an alternative to AMA. Your rant is entirely about support or lack thereof for for model aviation, not AMA. His is a legitimate question. AMA's prime directive is to promote model aviation, yet AMA is not growing, nor does it appear the organized club segment of the hobby which they have the most influence over is prospering. At the same time model aviation as a whole is growing. It's hard to ignore the fact that where it is growing is outside the sphere of influence of AMA.
Your personal efforts to promote model aviation are laudable, but what does that have to do with AMA, or another organization or no organization at all?
Abel
Whichever gas station I use makes no difference to me. I am not posting here saying we should search out other venues to serve our fossil fuel needs because the present one isn't selling my brand.
My point was that the AMA, like a club are the people who make up the organization. To say it is the AMA's responsibility to promote modeling is a convienent way of saying, "It's not my job." The AMA stands for Association of Modeling Aeronautics. An association, by definition is a group of like minded individuals.
I suggest rather than say it's not my job, we personalize the modeling growth and take responsiblity for bringing one new person each to the joys of modeling. If each member of said association did that, then the membership would double, would it not?
Were you introduced to modeling by the AMA or a friend?
Daren