ORIGINAL: MikeL
To me, narrow thinking is being resistive to change for the better. I guess we all have different ideas of what narrow thinking might be.
Times change. One thing that doesn't change is the tendency of some to make mountains out of molehills.
Mike, you're putting words in the mouths of others, and then chastising for having said them.
Who here has indicated that AMA shouldn't take adavantge of email? No one that I'm aware of. If you believe someone has, please point that out and I will be the first to agree with you.
The issue the OP brought up is not a complaint of AMA wanting to use email for notifications to club members. It's a complaint that they are holding up charters when an email address is not available. Those are two totally different concerns and I think you are co-mingling them.
Here's my last exchange with Ron:
Bob: "The AMA SHOULD be using electronic means to notify clubs of any issues that may affect them, such as the restrictions which surrounded the national conventions that were reported here several months ago. But to hold up a charter because of lack of email address is ridiculous. "
Ron: "Mr. Mitchell, you have it exactly correct. There is no problem with using e-mail as a means of information dissemination, but requiring it to get a charter is ridiculous."
Perhaps that will clarify the issue for you and make it clear that those that have an issue with AMA holding up charters because of lack of an email adddress are not techno-phobic luddites.