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| AMERICAN METAL DETECTING ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION THE AMERICAN METAL DETECTING ASSOCIATION (AMDA) WAS FOUNDED BY FIVE METAL DETECTORISTS WHO HAD THE BELIEF THAT PUBLIC LAND ISSUES HERE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WERE OF SUCH CONCERN TO OUR HOBBY, THAT NO LONGER COULD OUR ISSUES BE IGNORED AND THAT ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO RESOLVE THEM. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND METAL DETECT, DIFFERENT RULES MAY APPLY, BUT THE PRESSURE IS ON BY LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF LEARNING AND MUSEUMS TO PRESERVE THIS NATION’S HERITAGE! AMDA BELIEVES WE SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND CAN OFFER VALUABLE EXPERTISE AND ASSISTANCE! AMDA BELIEFS AMDA MISSION STATEMENT: THE PURPOSE OF THE AMERICAN METAL DETECTING ORGANIZATION WILL BE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM HOBBYISTS, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ON THE USE OF A METAL DETECTOR. IN ADDITION, WE WILL HOLD PERIODICAL COMPETITION HUNTS FOR OUR MEMBERS’S AS WELL AS TO NON-MEMBERS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE. WE WILL EDUCATE ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE HOBBY OF METAL DETECTING WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO. WE WILL INFORM THE METAL DETECTING COMMUNITY OF ALL PROPOSED CHANGES TO FEDERAL LAW, FEDERAL AGENCIES’S POLICIES, STATE LAWS, STATE AGENCY POLICIES AND LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES THAT AFFECT THE HOBBY OF METAL DETECTING WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF THEM. “SAVING THE HOBBY” WE BELIEVE WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH INDIVIDUALS
WHO BAND TOGETHER AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS. THE HOBBY
WILL NOT BE SAVED BY AN ORGANIZATION THAT CANNOT INFLUENCE ELECTIONS
AT THE LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LEVELS. IRS FILING STATUS AMDA WILL BE KNOWN AS A “SOCIAL ORGANIZATION” FILING UNDER U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE TAX CODE OF 501(C)(7). WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW, TAX FORMS WILL BE SUBMITTED ANNUALLY. MEMBERSHIP THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP AND THAT WILL BE AS AN “INDIVIDUAL” MEMBERSHIP. “CLUB MEMBERSHIP” WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN OPTION FOR THIS ORGANIZATION AS AMDA WANTS DIRECT CONTACT WITH THEIR MEMBERS. AMDA HUNTS WILL BE “OPEN” TO MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ANNUAL DUES DUES ARE SET BY THE AMDA BOARD AND HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO $10.00 PER YEAR, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004. MEMBER BENEFITS
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