Humourous but irelevant.....My arguments have nothing to do with accomodating wackos.

So what about selling the club membership seperately from the insurance and using it as a profit centre?

Is there an alternate method of obtaining insurance that clubs accept?

Remember my "racket" comment....It's sounds a little funny that You have to be a member of a national club to join a local club to fly a toy plane! If MAAC is serious about promoting the hobby they need to open doors and think outside the box.

What about selling a daily membership? No-one has adressed this. People would pay a (relative) lot for this and it could also generate significant revenue.

I am a business person with a background in marketing and I know what I'm talking about. I read in MAAC mag that MAAC can't find funding to start up a little museum....ideas which would greatly increase cash flow and membership should be welcome.

people don't like commiting to /or buying things they're not sure if they'll use...the same guy who thinks $75 a year is too big of a commitment will gladly pay 15$ to be insured for a half-day. Think of the revenue this could generate. We are a society based on impulse buying. Let the market decide how people buy a product/service, then charge what you must for it to be worthwhile.

It's like cellphones, kinda....When the cell companies wanted everyone to get a cell, they started making it easier to get through the door. Free phones aren't free, but it works great as a marketing gimmick...who has $400 to buy a cell phone? likewise many options would be more palatable to today's consumer than the one membership option offered by MAAC.

If you think I really hate MAAC you are wrong. firstly I am a member, and second I am expressing my ideas because I think, no I know they have merit and are based on sound logic. It's easy to say "we talked about that it won't work" or "we tried that already" but my challenge to MAAC is to find ways to make ideas work to become more modern, progressive, beginner-friendly, inviting, and more cleverly marketed. I strongly believe that through the right choices (and my ideas may or may not be the right ones) MAAC could easily double it's membership and triple it's revenue stream. Before you laugh bear in mind I do have a vauge clue of what I'm talking about. I am a young guy, sitting at home on a Tues morning while my business makes me ennough $$ to keep me in style and support my multitudes of hobbies including RC cars boats planes and helis, 4X4ing, music, motocycles, camping, etc. I'm not bragging but trying to illustrate that I know a little something about business in the new economy and how to maximize sales, profit, and traffic in a business setting.