Mike,
I am sorry that you had a bad experience. I can tell you that I've been involved with the SIG for many years now and I don't recall ever leaving an email unanswered. If that is the case I do apologize. We are trying to improve the "bang for your buck" so to speak, but it isn't easy. Newsletters are next to impossible these days because we just do not have the content to produce one. Most, if not all models are RTF and the engines come ready to run out of the box. Contest reports and photos are nice, but someone actually has to write them, take them, and send them in. We have taken that content, pictures and videos, and made them available to members only on the new site. The gallery, forums and files sections specifically. In our files section we have MACA news archives available from '74-08, various control line plans, and a complete list of NATS winners from '52 - '07. Next year we are working on a raffle, one entry per membership, prize to be determined. We created a facebook group because almost everyone involved uses it and we couldn't get ANY participation on the website. We've circled back to having a web page just for folks that refuse to engage in other types of social media, and to possibly introduce our sport to more people. The bottom line is MACA dues go directly to supporting control line combat, specifically the NATS and Team Trials. It is expensive and time consuming and the only way we keep our participation levels up in Muncie. Everyone that flies competitive combat greatly appreciates the contribution from our members, whether they are actual participants or just joining to help keep the sport around. If anyone has questions or concerns they can reach one of us through email at macacombat@gmail.com(membership) or macaontheweb@gmail.com (website/anything else)
-James