RE: New to MAAC
HH, consider doing what a lot of your fellow modellers do -- join more than one club.
I'll admit that it may make your learning to fly a bit longer to accomplish unless you find instructors at both clubs with similar styles (how and what they teach) so you're not in a constant process of unlearning soemthign you just learned at the other club.
The MAAC Wings Program is available on the MAAC website and you should print off a copy of it and the logbook (if its there) so you can track and monitor your own progress.