Then this weekend I went to my son in laws place in central PA. He really wants to learn to fly. So I got on the AMA site and found a club field only (3) miles from his house. We drove to the field looked it over and I called the President and found that again the membership was only open at the January meeting once a year. So even though I am a current AMA member I can't teach him how to fly there.
Watch out,
some folks here will say your SiL needs to move from his house to fly,
since he chose to live within the 3mile radio footprint of an "Etsablished" club.
Since the club is "Established" and your SiL lives within 3miles, your SiL is wrong.
Sorry, but that is their take on it:
Your SiL would be a horrible person for thinking he can fly a PF in his yard,
within 3miles of a club that wont let folks in.
That is the way we are handling the threat you mention in the OP.
Some want to AMA to bury its head and just throw dung at folks that want to PF in their own yard,
which will obviously swell the ranks and foster goodwill toward AMA (somehow).