rich,

I seem to see more and more posts like yours and talk to more people who feel just the way we do. Read our latest AMA threads and it seems we are far from alone...the time for change will be at the ballot this year...in just 2 years of voting (a long road thanks to the non democratic election rules in the AMA) we can gain substantial control over the direction of the AMA and steer the ship in the direction most want to see it going in.

The very reason I came up with all this was one day flying at my field and looking around when I realized what the AMA means to 2/3 to 95% of it's members. Insurance. Most don't want the magazine but are forced to take it. Most will never step foot within 100 miles of the Muncie Palace. Made me wonder rather hard but not enough to do anything about it until a deal went down within the AMA that never should have. I figured that could not possibly be the only bad deal so upon digging I found I really didn't like what I saw there and felt it was time for a change.

I think people got used to the norm over the years and stopped questioning things or failed to take action to fix them. It just doesn't have to be that way anymore.