That is the crux of the matter...When NALTEA was in its early days (I had just joined this site) There was discussion of benefits for its membership...increased volume of work...savings on group insurances...where has that gone?  Don't recall hearing much about that lately. What I see is a laundry list of activities that seem otherwise focused...would you not agree? So I would again ask where are the benefits to be gained by the abstractors?