My wife and I joined back in 1991. We we on our honeymoon in Lake Tahoe and on our way home we stopped by Italian bar. They were having a outing that weekend and Gorege Massie was there. There were lot of nice people and everyone was having a good time. That following week we drove to Fallbrook Ca. and met with George and Jake Hartwick, some of you might remember Jake, we signed up that day with a $100 down $25 a month no interest . They told us that there annual LDMA dinner was that next weekend so my wife and I went. It was held at the Red Lion inn in Ontaio ca. that year. George Massie went around to all the tables and greeted you and we were introduced at that meeting as the newest members. Woody Caldwell read the minutes of the last meeting and they voted on other matters of the club. They had LDMA dinners ever year for a a while even after George died . His wife Wilma keep tabs on things and the sons. When she passed away thats when things started to slide like a LDMA dinner not ever year but years apart and it did not cost them much because be it you wife or guest would cost $20 in the early years to $40 that last dinner in 2012. Then you had Tom And Perry's cat fight and Perry quits and retires. The Gpaa and Ldma was taken over by Tom. He starts by firing loyal people like Ken Rucker after he breaks his leg working for them on a outing. Everbody liked Ken and he was from the same mold as George Massie. Then he puts his son Branden as president of the Gpaa. You put someone with no experience at the top,look at our country. Instead of a Facebook picture with a gold pan Branden picture is in a new convertible BMW with ray ban sunglasses on with his hair blowing back. Then last year they sold the Outdoor Channel for over $200 million. Tom and Perry had the most stock way over 50% so they made about $80 million each. I have no problem with making money, thats why america is so great. The problem is in the early days of the outdoor channel they almost went broke but they contacted LDMA and GPAA members and asked to buy stock to keep the Outdoor Channel afloat and members did come through. Now when I ask if there is a LDMA dinner this year it's like pulling teeth and they give us members that made them wealthy the finger.