"I dont believe the AMA lobbies..........we dont need to. The AMA is our collective voice as modelers, that we do need. "

we dont need to lobby,
we just need to have someone represent what we want to the government
.... but clearly not a lobbyist

When the tobacco / oil / NRA / HMO groups want to tell the gov what law they want
they use lobbyists.
When a national hobby organization gets into lawmaking, we dont want to call it lobbying.

Sure, the sUAS ARC is not lobbying, it damage control to prevent AC91-57 from getting teeth.
But then,
havent we spent a couple decades of letting AC91-57 get entrenched without contest/lobby/ OneVoicing ?
Before we brag about the power of the OneVoice,
shouldnt we have done something with that OneVoice to fix AC91-57 long ago
(so we wouldnt have to be dealing with the sUAS now)


AMA needs to stop making a product and then convincing folks they need/want it.
We need to find what folks want, and make that.

IF MA magazine was what people wanted
why would we fear folks would drop MA if it was optional?
IF PPP was what millions of parkies really wanted, why havent they taken it up?
If ama was really representing the HOBBY to the gov for the past couple decades,
why hasnt ac91-57 been changed to include the Infamous Comma a long time ago?