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Tony wrote:
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Bill:<br>
I had stated this several times before on this discussion group. Many
VP’s
have lots of pressure from sport pilots that don’t give a &%$*
about
competition. The facts are that less than 1% of the AMA membership
competes
officially in a sanctioned event. It become difficult as to why we
have to pay
FAI almost $100,000 each year just for the right to represent the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> in
FAI
events/planning! The cost of running the competition department at HQ
who
handles sanctions/rule books/FAI events and World Champs adds to the
overall
cost of AMA. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Remember, I
AM FOR COMPETITION! It is
just difficult to debate it with other council members that just see it
as a
cost we could eliminate as 99% of the membership does not want it…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Wow, it's down to 1% now? Last I heard a few years back it was 8% or
so, and that included club events, etc. anything with a sanction. So it
takes 1,724 Open memberships to pay for the FAI? 12% of the membership
fees go directly to paying the FAI? Wow!!!<br>
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