I have payed my ama for 35 years now and i have never realy asked where my money has been spent on. I fly at a club and other ama fun flys and have had a great time at them all. I pay 40 dollars a month for my garbage and i cant figure out what all the money goes for there either . I think you should stop worring abought it and start fly more or if it realy bothers you stop paying it and and go fly in a park some where. If some one gets to go to a big fly in some where on my 40 or 50 bucks ,good for them and i hope they take pictures and put them in a my ama magizine i get ,so i can see what other modelers are doing . I cant stand people who just want to get some big shi# sturred up to make them selfs look like they have caught some kind of stealing going on . Go build a plane or fly or maybe mow you lawn . If you need 40 bucks back just pm me and i will give it to you, just promice that you will never sighn up for it again this is the best way to better my hobby. Do you even have a ama card or you just asking for others .lAnd no i dont know any one working for ama and i was a carpenter for 30 years so now what . joe