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ORIGINAL: J_R
ORIGINAL: Hossfly
ORIGINAL: woops
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Hoss fly, I disagree about turning MA into a profit. I think that it should be worth it to all AMA members as being better than Fly RC or MAN(anything is better than MAN) . By not turning a profit, AMA won't be critisized for making all AMA members buy something that they might not want.
Woops
To each his own. As for me, if elected to the AMA EVP / CFO position, I will work very diligently to make MA profitable. While the money is one thing, returning that support from the other media that AMA used to get, is of utmost importance to gaining new members. Only many new members will meet the financial problems soon to confront AMA as well as YOU.
Right now I see many complaints in this forum where members complain about paying for MA on a mandatory part of their membership.
A good magazine returning money to AMA should do more to make members happy than your logic presents. Since making a profit only requires charging market ad rates to advertisers. A full color page ad in MA is about 1/3 cost of that of MAN. MA has TWICE the circulation rate of MAN. Tower buys twice as many pages in MAN than MA. If I were the publisher of MA -- with those figures -- I would resign. As the AMA EC CFO, I will work to make significant changes to assure that effect.
Horrace
A question has been rasied in this forum previously (not by me, btw), and it has been ignored. Since the election process appears to have started, I hope you will address the questions.
The allegation is that the AMA MAY NOT discount it's advertising rates, due to it's 501 (C) 3 IRS status. At the same time, other modeling magazines are under no such restrictions and otheres not only can, but do discount their posted rates quite heavily.
Why does Tower Hobbies buy only 4 pages of advertising in MA and about a dozen pages in other major modeling magazines? Would Tower be buying many more pages in MA if it were such a bargin?
JR
Horrace, you have become quite the commensurate politician. You just ignore the questions posed to you and continue to spout rhetoric.
Memberships without cost. Non-negotiable advertising rates. Allegations made a year ago go unexplained.
Ye-haa. You really have come a long way.