Like SOPA or dislike it, it seems to have been established with the best of
intentions.  This aside, the question remains, why should members of the
SHA have to pay for its (or ROPA's) continued survival?  I am a member of both
organizations and if I remember correctly I had to send SOPA a healty check
this year.  This seemed perfectly legitimate at the time, join an
organization, be it the Internation Order of Odd Fellows or the Archaeological
Society of New Jersey, pay the dues.  Many SHA members, and I would think SAA
members, do not participate in SOPA.  Why should they pay for an organization
in which they don't participate, and may not even be able to participate
(avocational archaeologists for example)?  Simply put, how does it benefit
them?  Perhaps some sort of voluntary joint membership would be a better
idea.