Hoss,
If the NRA was a 501(c) (3) it would not be able to make political statments even to its members. While some 501(c)(3) entities do some political stuff under the radar I do not think the NRA would even be able to doodle political stuff with out loosing its status as a 501(c)(3) and incuring fines etc.; if it was. I think the "NRA Foundation" is. Also "political" meaning is not as broad a term as what most of us would normaly think. It is different from issue advocacy and lobbying.

While I do not think how the NRA and EAA are run is really applicable to our organization, they have different challenges (problems in non PC talk); some of how they do it is of use. The AMA does not need the full political and lobbying effort of the NRA or has or should have the business end of the EAA (just think of how our hobby vendors feel now from what it does now).

Sorry I just caught the date of the first msg. I hate when people do that. Continuously going over the "record" leads to stagnation of ideas and just plain sillyness. It is one thing to hold one accoutable for their actions, but even in most criminal matters (not saying your well exprssed opinions are) there is a statute of limitations. For the "record" I am for a well run AMA magazine. I also would like lower dues, but would be willing to pay even more if there was more service by our AMA.