I believe if the AMA wants to SAVE $$$$ on MA they can do it in a much smarter manner.

Offer present members an "E" version only of the magazine. Provide a small incentive to the members in lew of a lower membership rate. If if costs the AMA (guessing) $12 a year per member to send the magazine save the member $8 on their dues. The AMA makes/saves $4 to go toward other things. This saves printing costs and mailing fees. HUGE SAVINGS to be had. Only if they could figure out the logistics of it. Not real hard but this orginaization has everyone renue membership at the same time. That's another piece of work that needs revamping.... I digress....

It's a good thing I don't use the AMA Rag to get my information on upcomming events.

MA doesn't have events listed till they are only 3 months out. The online calanders are good for up to a year in some cases. I typically plan all my event hopping from what I find online. I get it all figured out in March and if a club is slow getting there info to the AMA I get the info online first. The internet is going to eventually kill all magazines. It's just a matter of time....

So I say WHO CARES about MA fees. FWIW, I don't get my dates for events from the forums or the magazine, I get them from the District and AMA web sites.