Kevin,
Your statement about NALTEA is not quite accurate. First, I think its unfair to characterize any NALTEA member as a "fanatic." The negative connotation of the term is a bit offensive.
Second, I don't think that anyone from NALTEA had a problem with Ellen's idea for a co-op, other than the feasibility and practicality of setting it up. In my opinion, NALTEA just isn't the appropriate vehicle to do it. NALTEA is a professional not-for-profit association. Its purpose is not to establish a co-op. NALTEA could not properly represent its members if it ran a co-op unless all of its members joined the co-op. We know that is not going to happen.
It seems a bit naive to think that a sufficient number of abstractors would spend the money necessary to buy into a co-op when so many fail to see the value of spending $200 a year to support an organization that is trying its best to improve the field of abstracting. You yourself have pointed out many times that the real problem is abstractor apathy - what makes you think that there would be enough participation in a much more expensive co-op to make that a successful venture?
Best,
Robert A. Franco
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