ORIGINAL: abel_pranger
ORIGINAL: STLPilot
If you didn't live in denial you would realize the AMA is what it is. It's a corporation filed like any other corporation and does about 12-15mm in revs, tax free.
Sorry STL, no matter how many times you repeat it, the fact that it is non-profit corporation isn't selling the notion that members' say doesn't count for anything. Many chartered clubs are corporations, under the same section of the IRS code that AMA is incorporated under. Try selling that same argument in the context of what the rights of members are in the running of their incorporated clubs.
Abel
Listen Abel, here is the bottom line, the members say counts when they respect the AMA bylaws. If they don't respect and utilize the channels and procedures granted to them then what's the point of having them in the first place?
The AMA membership is in fact a by-product of the corporation. It's written in plain English in the bylaws, just start from the beginning. The point I'm trying to make with LCS is the fact that his rights end with the membership benefits. He and a few others think he's above what the AMA produces and part of the corporation itself, and they are not. The AMA does not issue stock.
Jim Cherry DOES NOT have answer to the members. He answers to the EC and if the EC decides it's in the best interest of the membership, they will relay the info to the members directly or in public, their choice.