RE: Would you pay a dollar a day?
I'm not interested in running. I ended up being president of that club the following year and we certainly had a tough run of find a new field. It was only at that time that AMA sent a DVD and paper work that showed how state parks and R/C clubs could be profitable partners. We never got the OK form the state park but that was in no way the AMA's fault. My point is that there's no way in heck that I would pay the AMA $365 to put a flight field together. Local clubs have a hard enough time trying to keep fields now that urban sprawl is taking over.
As far as judging my wealth[X(] Where do you stop? Yeah that's me sitting in a SNJ-4, a flight my wife bought for my birthday. Pocket change? I'm in my mid thirties and I work construction, currently laid off. Good Judging Hoss.
My point on dues. AMA is a monopoly. Any local club mandates that you carry an AMA card. If I want to fly at those fields I have to pay the dues, NOT THAT I WANT TO.
Good-Luck