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Old 04-10-2006 | 10:18 AM
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Default RE: Experimentals over 55 pounds...

I don't think most care.
Around 3-4 years ago , when the turbine rules were being formulated, DB threatened that, if he didn't get his way he would to go to the membership, which he did in an editorial in MA which said, and I'm paraphrasing slightly: "Do you, the general membership, want to cover turbines, a very small group of modelers who present the greatest risk for huge insurance payouts."
I check the reaction at several clubs, and, to a man, they didn't know what I was talking about. I then sent e-mail's to all the Dist VP to see what was the reaction of their members. They said there was no response or one or two members asked what it was about.
After BD didn't get the response from the membership he wanted, he backed off somewhat.
The membership, as Frank said, just wants a place to fly and some insurance, mostly for the property owner, and isn't interested in the organization at all.
BRG,
Jon