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Message: [QUOTE="wardy, post: 220287, member: 16710"] [b]i won't get into this[/b] on a word to word basis. Your post strongly implied that ama wasn't headed or working well for its memebership. hence "terrible" was inserted. here are some truths for ya, bottom line maybe that lawsuit wasn't handled properly, and yes ama dues were increased at the same time. but you know ama fees were at the 29.00 price a long time. Sanction fees increased, you bet after.......... ten years. insurance increase's???????........ you can't honestly tell me that you think that was AMA 's fault???? The insurance for amatuer MX events hadn't change in TEN YEARS! but yet all of a sudden its the AMA's fault? You talk of facts, better look at that one again. Its pretty simple, the economy as a whole dropped. hmmm did your car insurance stay at 1992 prices? Lash out? I have read the agenda of the 3 "white knights" who are going to come in and save the day? Like i said before its easy to sit back and critize all the things they have. But there is alot more to AMA then what they seem to feel in thier own statments are important to talk about. All i am saying is I know Carl, I also know how he works. I think he is the guy to stay in that job. In my humble opinion the whole pro deptment, cce, jam, pace, sx, npg and the rest can go play there big money, power games elswhere. They never have worked with the amatuer deptment worth a darn and all you have to do is look at the Pro-AM -sport stuff to see that. There isn't enough memory on this site for me to type how i feel about that issue! 95% of all the screwups in management of AMA in my mind isn't coming from the amatuer side. I get very tired of defending AMA as a whole when it truely is the pro side that seems to fight continually. I have seen this type of stuff in AMA for a long time and any organization has it, but from a person who does a job and trys to be a positive influence in the fight to make things better, I will get real defensive towards people who in my opinion don't share what i feel is important to our sport. I don't have time to read any other boards, as it were this board is the one I choose to help and be a part of..kinda like the ama...... but if other congressman are doing what you say they are they shouldn't. period. it don't help the situation. I guess it comes down to this in a way, i know that there are things in committees, and progress is being made on all kinds of issues (amatuer side), and I really after 3-4 years of work hate to see that lost due to this election. the people in place to help with a whole process that has started, are valuable and hopefully that don't change. one thing for sure hopefully the membership in these regions will or are paying attention so they can make an informed vote. I think this kinda applys here, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, for that matter people wishing to move into that house shouldn't be throwing stones either. it usually ends with the same result. :think wardy [/QUOTE]

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