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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 3337731, member: 16729&quot;]I once asked a life-long member what he thought about the ANA.</p><p>This was his response:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>I find the ANA to be less than responsive to anyone who is not a youth, or who is not part of a clique which is known to the those in charge.&nbsp; The ANA is mostly a vehicle for coin and currency dealers and major auction houses to further their private financial interests in this hobby</i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It was shocking to hear this from him.&nbsp; In any case, it&#039;s just one person&#039;s opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was in this conversation with him since I had recently asked the ANA to write a sort of &quot;letter of support&quot; for me (as I am also a member) to help me open the doors when I travel to Korea to (hopefully) conduct research at the Bank of Korea, and/or the South Korean Mint.&nbsp; The ANA refused to even write a letter on my behalf (even though I have published print coin articles) acknowledging just this simple fact, or that I am even a member(!), but they told me that I *could* give a Bank of Korea representative my ANA member number so that the Bank staff could search it at the money.org (ANA) website.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a member of the ANA, you could say that I was a little disappointed!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is all about liability, honestly.&nbsp; And I think that things cost money, and that the ANA can only do so much for its members, and like [USER=73385]@tibor[/USER] said, we don&#039;t have big numbers showing up to events, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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