Crickets....
07-19-2022 | 08:04 AM
#801
My thoughts are this:
- The AMA would charge $85 for me to be a member for one year. This would not include else in my household
- NAMBA did charge $90 for me AND THE WIFE to be members for a year
- The average flying club would charge me a fairly substantial fee for being a member whether I use the facilities provided or not
- My boating club, R/C Unlimiteds, charge me $15 per year, per boat, for membership and a participation fee for each race I go to for awards for winners so I only pay for what I use.
- The AMA has raised it's membership rates TWICE in the past 8 years
- NAMBA HAS NOT raised their membership rates since I first became a member, almost 10 years ago
- AMA has a overpriced PAID staff that is borderline incompetent, NAMBA has a volunteer staff
- AMA has a facility that includes a museum that most don't care about and a field that is rarely used by anyone from outside the Muncie area, NAMBA has none of that to spend money on
- AMA prints a quarterly magazine that costs substantial amounts of money, NAMBA has a newsletter that costs little more than ink and paper
Last edited by fliers1; 07-19-2022 at 09:53 AM.
07-19-2022 | 12:06 PM
#806
They both do the same things:
- They provide insurance
- They both keep track of membership
- They both hold national competitions
- They both sanction the clubs that run under their insurance
- They both set rules the clubs must follow
- NAMBA lets the districs run events in their districs
- NAMBA will allow anyone to run for office, not just leader members or designated CDs
- NAMBA has a moving national competition system that lets the districts hold the competitions on a rotating basis where all AMA national events are held in Muncie. This year's NAMBA Nationals will be in Seaside CA in October while last year's event was at Legg Lake CA, 2019 was in SLC, 2018 in Carrollton TX, etc
- NAMBA DOESN'T GO THROUGH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN USELESS OVERHEAD!!!!!!!
07-19-2022 | 12:09 PM
#807
07-19-2022 | 12:57 PM
#809
Just not very effectively after the "drone fiasco" when they tried to get the FAA to force all R/C fliers to join the AMA. As I said, wasted overhead by the millions
Last edited by Hydro Junkie; 07-19-2022 at 01:02 PM.
07-19-2022 | 01:31 PM
#811
So what. The National Square and Folk Dance Federation, the Eagles, VFW and American Legion also give scholarships too. When was the last time Muncie gave money to a flying site? Does anyone really know?
Just not very effectively after the "drone fiasco" when they tried to get the FAA to force all R/C fliers to join the AMA. As I said, wasted overhead by the millions
Just not very effectively after the "drone fiasco" when they tried to get the FAA to force all R/C fliers to join the AMA. As I said, wasted overhead by the millions
07-19-2022 | 02:32 PM
#814
Not at all. Just showing that other organizations do the same things the AMA says it does without having a captive audience. I don't have to be a NAMBA member to run my boats in any lake that powerboats are allowed and I don't have to be a club member to go dancing at any club in the world. Can't say that about the AMA or their associated flying clubs
07-19-2022 | 02:40 PM
#816
My Feedback: (29)
I think you and Hydro are much more deserving of a participation trophy. However what we ended up From the FAA wasn’t as bad as what was originally proposed. Not as effective as what we had hoped for but does demonstrate some effectiveness on their part. Unlike the constant broken record being played here.
07-19-2022 | 03:08 PM
#817
I might take a participation trophy if I was actually participating in something that actually required participation. This thread doesn't require more than a couple of brain cells to prove my point in so......
07-19-2022 | 03:13 PM
#818
My Feedback: (1)
I think you and Hydro are much more deserving of a participation trophy. However what we ended up From the FAA wasn’t as bad as what was originally proposed. Not as effective as what we had hoped for but does demonstrate some effectiveness on their part. Unlike the constant broken record being played here.
Astro
07-19-2022 | 06:30 PM
#825
Too much or not enough? I'm spending over $1,000 over three weekends this month on boat racing, food and lodging. I think, for the month of July, that's plenty
Then again, I spent another $175 on parts just yesterday so......
Then again, I spent another $175 on parts just yesterday so......
