Sorry to bring a touch of reality to the AOS report but the current membership is below 19,000 and continuing to fall. Some people believe that the ill-advised increase in membership dues under the previous slate of officers led by Art Moore is a major factor in this serious and maybe irreversible decline.
Andy Easton.
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