[TheForge] ABANA Dilema

[Woolley]

Phil wrote:
> I've been a member of ABANA since 1981.  I got my
> ABANA membership renewal in the mail the other day,
> $55 for the coming year.  I like reading the Hammer's
> Blow.  The Anvil's ring has gotten a bit too artsy for
> my taste, and it's hard to find the articles cause of
> all the advertisements.  But anyway, I was weighing
> whether I wanted to renew or not.  I was thinking $55
> a year is a lot for two quarterly publications.  Then
> it occurred to me that ABANA doesn't do conferences
> anymore.  The ABANA web-site is basically unchanged
> for the last few years.  Then I started thinking about
> the numbers, 5000 people spending $55 a year, that's
> $275,000.  Wow, that's a lot to publish two quarterly
> journals.  Then a friend of mine pointed out to me
> that the Anvil's Ring has ad revenue as well.  Where
> does all that money go anyway?
>
>   

>  Good question.  I was a member for two years.  That was 4 maybe 5 years ago. I don't think it is worth the dues.
>