If you are looking for funds, they are right under the EC's nose. However the AMA Membership will not force the EC to get off center and accomplish things.

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For example, AMA spent $2,026,479 in 2004 to send you the Model Aviation magazine. They spent $857,549 to PRODUCE the advertising of which they collected only $914,857, profit of a measly $57,308, to go toward the overall cost of that magazine.
The net result was that $1,168,738 of your dues money was spent to provide a nest for EIGHT persons with a new position to be opened as soon as M. Ramsey arrives from Flying Models to become the new MA Associate Editor. A ninth person is also on staff, however his salary is from the advertising schedule of MA, a nice $132, 583 for a stay-at-home job.

Now combine the loss -- member dues expense -- of $1,168,738 in direct costs for the magazine and that 8 persons, soon to be nine, are employed to do the labor, with their salaries buried in the total salary/benefits of the total AMA workforce. Using that amount and that the MA staff consists of about 16% of the total staff, I estimate that the MA staff costs some $465,000.

The above 2004 Audit figures indicate the magazine MA costs some $$1,633,738 or $359,166 MORE than the $1,274,572 for Member Insurance.

Now you tell me that AMA is just an Insurance company! AMA is well on its way to becoming a PUBLICATION company with YOU as the investor non-dividend stockholder. [>:]

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Just raise the ad. rates to Industry Standard. 175,000 distribution can demand competitive rates. Then have yourself a couple FIRST CLASS web sites.