Jim, I am in agreement about your fellings about getting new flyers, especially the park-flyer, in the hobby, but as I wrote to Dave a few weeks back things don't change much when it come to the newbe.
Search "Why the AMA is not growing", that was a letter I wrote to the AMA in 04 and my son posted it on RCU, nothing has changed, the park-flyer newbe is not wanted at most fields.
Same house, different room. Anything posted in MA about the PPP for a new RCer in money thrown down the drain. If you get MA you are AMA and unless we can get some of the old AMA to change we are destined to eventually fail despite the great efforts of folks like Dave Mathewson.