Our club is the most receptive of any club...can't get more receptive! At our local hobby shop they are told where we are and are invited to come fly with us...indefinitely...no need to even join the club but invariably if they like the experience they usually join the club as well as the AMA...up until now, at the full membership level but this PPP stuff has caused a bit of consternation on their part.

One club I belonged to not long ago had a more closed approach and actually desired to keep the membership level low...consequently there were many hoops to jump through comparatively. I think most clubs will follow that pattern closer than not. Then they will come here and talk about the falling AMA numbers and declining interest in the hobby…go figure.

It has been very rewarding watching park flyers advance to some of the most sophisticated and demanding models to replace the foam they started with. Our club has found the formula to grow the hobby as well as the AMA.