Why do you need a thread and/or discussion? The rules are plainly stated in AMA Bylaws and Documents.

BYLAWS OF THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS, INCORPORATED
Amended July 2008

ARTICLE III
Membership

Section 2. The Chartered Club is the local division of the AMA. It
is the vehicle for recognition of any geographic grouping of AMA
members.
(a) The Charter provides the local organized group with added
insurance protection for the club, the club officers related to
their duties as officers, and flying site owners. Other services
such as assistance in acquisition and retention of flying sites,
materials for public relations, and legal counsel, when necessary
are available to the Charter Club.
Adopted April 19, 2008

(b) All members of the Chartered Club, including officers, must
be members of the AMA (except Associate members who are
not officers, defined as a wife, husband, child, or parent of an
active club member who does not operate models as part of the
club activity); such member must be listed on the Charter as an
associate.

Section 3. The Executive Council’s determination on eligibility or
class of membership shall be conclusive. Upon acceptance for
membership, each individual shall agree to accept the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the AMA and to pay such dues as may
from time to time be determined by the Executive Council. No
member shall have any right, title, or interest in or to AMA
property.

Flying At AMA Chartered Club Sites AMA Document 911
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To preserve the availability of low cost insurance to your club and its site owner, the people who fly with your club
should contribute their share of that cost. They can do so by becoming dues paying members of your AMA charter club
as well. In the same vein, if the landowner for your club’s chartered club field has granted the club exclusive flying
privileges, the club should ONLY allow AMA members and current members of the Model Aeronautics Association
Canada (MAAC) to fly at the field. If your club is flying on public land and it has not been granted exclusive flying
rights by the public agency in charge, your club activities should be confined to AMA members, and you are not
responsible for other (non-AMA) flier’s actions. Should the public agency be named as an additional insured, it has
coverage only for the actions of your club, its members, and other visiting AMA members who are considered guests.
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Cut and Dried. Any discussions shuld be taken up with your DVP.