ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder
You see there Mitchell, I hold an open membership within the AMA. I can fly any type of model aircraft (granted that some require waivers), so no one is subsidizing me. I am not subsidizing any Open member. We can cross over and fly what we wish. By the Park Pilot only paying his 29 smackers, and there only being about one thousand of them, and the AMA paying out nearly a quarter of a million dollars, then they are being subsidized to the tune of about two hundred twenty thousand dollars to date. That is a subsidy. When an open member goes out to fly, he is not being subsidized by you, regardless of what he chooses to fly that day. If tomorrow all the Open Members go out and fly R/C, then they are taking no money from anyone else. Look up the defintion of Open Membership sometime.
Got it? Get it.
Bill, AMA 4720
Well, I am intelligent enough to recognize gratuitous cheap shots when I see 'em.
I thought you said it was the (NON)voting status that caused your vehement hatred of the PPP. Now it's the $1.50 of your dues that was used to get the program started? You're all over the place.
Bob has written several well thought out, friendly posts regarding his stance on the PPP and it's future. It has been met with name calling and vitrol from you and the former candidate for EVP.
Real nice. You two come off like a couple of grouchy old codgers. You should spend less time venting here. You could be spending more time at the field yelling at the young 'uns and their dad burned ARFs.
On topic:
The PPP is not even a year old yet. Dave Matthews has stated a time limit for it to succeed financially. Funny how some folks say the AMA is only about the money then lambast a forward thinking, progressive new program based solely on it's $ input after 11 months. I think that's called being two faced. yea, that's it.
As far as this thread degrading into a PPPP bashing thread:
What else would/could it be. Stickbuilder started the thread. Some folks just love to hate something, someone, anything.