ORIGINAL: Phaedrus-MMVI
The requirement for AMA insurance predates the flap you are quoting by a long time. AMA was required by the previous vendor before Dave Jebb took over. Once he did he made it his mission in life to run the long time RC users out of Torrey. AMA was a requirement as far back as 1991 when I first moved to SOCAL. You are quoting a situation that occurred in 2002.
None of this changes the point I was making that it is not an unknown or uncommon situation for public agencies to require AMA membership.
The requirement for insurance was in form and fit copied from the AMA insurance provisions in effect at the time, but did not mention AMA specifically as the source. This is a common ruse for working around the aversion of public entities to requiring insurance available only from sole-source private enterprises.
Yes, I am referring to a situation that occurred in 2002. I am amazed that your selective memory erased that episode, considering how close to the situation you were as a member of the club involved.
The bottom line line is, TP was once accessible to the public as it should be, being publicly owned property and furthermore a slope soaring site of of national importance. Now it is the exclusive domain of the TPG and AMA, and I think that is sad. YMMV.
Abel