I've always felt that AMA has been good for our hobby. I'm not an AMA expert, so I don't know all the problems. Compared to what I spend on the hobby, the membership fee is chump change, plus a nice magazine, and my club requires it. So, I hope for the best.
I have lost any respect I might have had for STL after seeing some of his posts selectively deleted in the "ama rule" thread. As far as I'm concerned, that threw any integrity he may have hoped to have in the trash heap. I also find the contradiction amusing where the Hobby Quest site says that hobbyist should always build from scratch and the TMPRo site sells nothing but ARF's and RTF's and no building supplies. That just strikes me funny.
STL reminds me of someone poking a stick into a bee hive trying to stir up the natural flow of activity. If nothing else, it's entertaining.
