DV, I fully agree with you which in itself isn't worth much.

In addition the sentence in the AMA minutes, "It would be extremely difficult to require proof of citizenship, as percentage wise not many people have U.S. passports." is one dumb -***** statement. In this day and age having a passport is a normal thing.

If any U.S. citizen wants to be on an FAI team, that citizen will well be able to have a passport. I wonder just how the person making the above quoted minutes-statement thinks a non-citizen resident is smarter than a U.S. citizen concerning obtaining passports? [:'(]

The statement certainly rules out any consideration of the EC to require U.S. citizenship for U.S. / AMA FAI teams.