ORIGINAL: kenair
There is TONS of Enthusiam for the hobby ,
There is no enthusiam for MAAC, like I keep saying - MAAC does not connect with the majority, maac culture is stuck in the 60's.
Chew on this - membership for guys that fly real planes is less that for MAAC members that fly toy airplanes.
RAA membership $50.00 + tax [link=http://www.raa.ca/article.php?sid=53]RAA Canada[/link]http://www.raa.ca/article.php?sid=53
COPA $50.00 + tax [link=https://media5.magma.ca/www.copanational.org/membership/membershiprenewal.htm]COPA[/link]
Cdn Ballon Association $ 60 + tax. [link=http://www.aeroclub.ca/cba/n2/member.htm]Cdn Ballon Assoc[/link]
Ultralight Pilot Assoc of Canada $40.00 [link]https://secure.upac.ca/join.php[/link]
The first ones to pack in the hobby are all the do gooders that say, I'll pay more, I support this and I support that ......blah blah blah,, seen it happen all the time at the club level.
One tiny little thing you forgot to mention ... at least some of the above (have not checked them all -
OK did a check - the only quoted price for insurance is for the ultralights and they say it can be arranged for "as low as 175 per year") do not include insurance. Please feel free to contact a broker and see what it costs for a light single, a light twin, or if you can get it at all, for a plane on floats. If you extract our insurance portion we are likley in line with the above.
Ken I have always wondered your source of information when you use the term "Most" in relation to what MAAC members want? In a 12000 member organization I would suggest "most" begins at 8 or 9 thousand. Have you contacted that many? I would suggest (based on no contact what-so-ever mind you) that in fact "most" MAAC members don't care about the $75.00. Are we going to lose members? Maybe... Enough to hurt the organization big time ... time will tell.
Jeff H