I fly RC helos. I am not a member of the AMA for the past 50 years or so.
Did belong, back in the misty dawn of flight.
The farmers I hang around with are all interested in having a quad rotor with a GoPro for making videos of their combines chewing up corn, etc. Even the 70 year old ones. They have never even heard of the FAA, much less of the AMA. If you mention it they opine that they belonged to the FFA when they were kids "Is that the same?"
The comment that the GPS guided, gyro stabilized quad rotor, with live down linked video to the operator's HUD glasses, will totally change the face of RC model aircraft is a vast understatement. It is the atomic bomb that will leave the FAA beating it's head against the nearest wall.
As the announcer says in his deep voice "Coming soon over a hot tub near you is Gomer and his Autoquad 4000, streaming HD video of your girlfriend's nipples straight onto the internet."
Anyway, in spite of my familiarity with the various regulatory bodies, etc. nothing they say or do will change what I do. I will continue to fly my toys below 400 feet as I please. And I suspect I am only one of millions .