Well as far as the bike I was refering to an 125 enduro. Insurance is $75/yr.

And as far as everything else well......I dunno what to say!

The main thing I am complaining about is high entry cost. Even if an option existed to cover for one day for $15 or something, that could help. We need to attract members not push them away.

A conversation I've heard many times:

Setting:Hobby Shop

CUSTOMER: So where do you fly these things?
STAFF: Oh there's a club down by such and such, and another by whatchamicalit.
CUSTOMER: OK. Is it expensive?
STAFF: No, it's only $10, but you have to be a MAAC member.
CUSTOMER: What's MAAC?
STAFF: Oh, it's the Canadian model airplane club. It costs $100/year.
CUSTOMER:Huh...sounds like a big commitment considering I don't even know if I will enjoy the hobby or not....maybe I'll just give it a try and if I like it then I'll join.

This guy fails and decides our hobby sucks....Another lost customer

Would he go to the field if it was $10 for MAAC members and $20 for not (per day)?? I think he might.
Would he see how great the club was and join MAAC permanently? Maybe...

You can't make things hard for people. You have to attract them. Try to tell me MAAC would suffer with many more members. There has got to be a way to help people through the door, into our hobby rather than putting up obstacles for them.

And as far as the MAAC magazine some of you enjoy so much.....that's great, now why am I paying for it?????