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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2463809, member: 71723&quot;]Joe,</p><p>If you&#039;re planning to do more than a 1 day visit to the show, the ANA almost always offers a &quot;show rate&quot; for membership that is priced at 3x the normal daily show admission, sans coupon. So if you plan on being on the bourse any portion of 3 days, you may as well grab a membership at the Show Special rate. You can <b><i>even </i></b>initially grab a daily pass, look around, and they&#039;ll apply that toward a membership during the show. No loss. Expect a sales pitch to upgrade to Platinum membership (dead tree version of The Numismatist), but if it&#039;s not your thing, hold strong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that when I first joined the ANA (1993, I think), I was like &quot;What would I want with that?&quot; The bennies of membership are fairly stout and the Board is <b><i>constantly</i></b> kicking around ideas to make it an even better value. Just the Liberty Mutual car insurance discount is <b><i>real</i></b>. The best thing I have found is that the Board <b><i>actually does listen to members who care enough to show up to the public board meetings.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>I came from just some shlub member to someone on a first name basis with the <b><i>entire</i></b> Board and fulltime ANA management staff in what seems like a nanosecond. Actually it happened between Chicago 2011 and the wrap-up of Philly 2012. By 2014, Walt Ostromecki (then the Prez) named me a Numismatic Point of Light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point is: you can be unhappy about the state of ANA&#039;s leadership, or you can get to know them and mold them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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