People like Taildrager aren't going to join anyway. Quite frankly, I don't care if he joins or not. The AMA's needs to work on it's relationship with it's membership first. After it's become more valuable to current members, it will be more attractive to him. Until then, I don't see any reason for him to join! It's wasted money if not required by your club. Solve that, and you will replace the lost membership.