Hello,
How is this drone appeasement? Please be specific.
I have read what they are doing and it all makes perfect sense. They are covering their asses and in a sense ours too.
As far as the membership now youth and adult goes they are doing that for ease of administration.
My daughters card looks like this,
Youth-Jr
Youth-Sr 2021
Expires 12/31/2014
Going forward I would think it would look like the following,
Youth
Expires 12/31/2024
Not much of a change but much easier to track.
As it states in Article 3 Section B competition jr sr open ages still apply. I know how old my daughter is so I would correctly enter her into an event by age. Pretty simple.
The changes to the nomination process actually open it up and more clearly explain the vetting process of the nominated person. I would think you would like this. It also clearly lays out who will be doing the vetting of the nominated person in article 9 section 2.
I would also think that you would really like Article 11. This very clearly states in writing the executive council’s responsibilities. This is a good thing. We now know exactly what they are can and are supposed to do. If you look at the current Section 3 its pretty darn wide open as to what they can do. Manage affairs and establish policies. That’s it. That’s all it says. They can do whatever they want as it stands now. With it clearly laid out they are protected and we know what they are supposed to be doing.
There are already is an ex-officio member of the EC that is a an officer of the NAA. The new definition of the EC removes the word “eleven” from the definition. The old one says eleven district vice presidents and the new just says vice president from each district. They just cleaned up the sentence.
Changes are NOT ALWAYS BAD. Sometimes they are clearly needed.
It appears to me and to several others that no matter what the AMA does the majority on this board and in CL in general see it as some kind of a scheme or a ploy or a way to hurt CL or other small niche interests. The AMA can never win in our eyes and I think that is total CRAP. It wouldnt surprise me one bit if the AMA saw us a bunch of whiny cry babies. If the AMA really wanted us out they would just say "Bye, have fun old timers. See you on the flip side." But they haven't and they won't be any time soon. Let's say there are 2000 CL dues paying members. Math tells me at $75.00 a year that is $150,000.00 That is nothing to sneeze at. It's not huge in the grand scheme of things no, but it is enough money to cover some real expenses.
The bottom line is we cost them more in payout per member than our RC brethren by a country mile! If they can pull in some drone people for revenue more power to them. And yes if the drone people do stuff outside of the AMA coverage limits they aren’t covered. Just like we would not be covered if we did the same thing. More members only helps cover the costs so the rest of us can stay covered. You push all the drone ads out of MA and the current and potential drone fliers out of the AMA you can bet on another dues increase.
CL has been around since, well pretty much forever, and we are a tiny fraction of the machine. Drones have been around a few years and they have outgrown us 10x over or more. If the AMA can get a piece of that pie. Go for it. The last thing we need is the AMA membership to shrink.....think about it....
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