From the OP
Another idea I have thought about, to promote more model building today, is for our AMA to offer one free plan per year per registered AMA member as a "thank-you" and encouragement towards model building of all types. Perhaps after, say 10 years membership, a couple of free plans per year would be a nice reward to loyal members.
I fail to see the negativity.
To oppose rewarding longtime AMA members,
would kinda be like opposing the Senior Discount... one is a reward & thankyou for years committed while the other is a thankyou & reward for years committed.
Perhaps it takes a national level entity to stimulate the Plans Building recession.
So the EC should look at taking immediate & decisive actions to inject Plans to stimulate us up some more Plans Building. Some say it would be just more EC spending, well, Plans Building stimulus is spending... thats what it is... thats the point. We as a national Academy need to inject some plans into Plans Building by EC spending some stimulus to promote model aeronautics out of the crisis its in.
When the AMA wanted more youthes, it spends stimulus to subsidize ($1 tier) more Yute Membership.
When the AMA wanted more PFs, it spends stimulus to subsidize ($29 tier) PF memberships
If AMA wants more Plans Building <or stop recession of plans building>,
it can spend stimulus to get more plans building stimulated out of its current funk / death spiral
or, we can get some popcorn and watch Aeromodel Building grind to a halt