Re: World Record Recording Fees

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:25:10 -0500

I just sent this email to everyone I could think of at AMA headquarters:

Dear Technical Director Hahn
Attempting a World Record involved a tremendous amount of work, expense, travel and coordination before, during and after the attempt. I had dozens of emails and telephone calls to AMA. Never in that entire process was there a mention of a $250.00 recording fee for my record attempt - which was successful and has been ratified by FAI.

I refuse to pay this fee.

I also doubt that anyone will attempt an Indoor Free Flight world record in the future if it becomes known that this fee is in place.
Bill Gowen

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Bill Gowen
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:03 PM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] World Record Recording Fees


  Hey all you WR holders out there
  I just got a bill from AMA for $250.00 for recording fees for my World
  Record. Nobody has ever mentioned such a fee to me before this bill
  arrived. Has this fee ever been charged to anyone before?

  Furthermore, the letter says that in the future WR's will not be
  forwarded for consideration until this fee is paid.

  I'm just about steamed enough to turn in my card over this.



   

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