I don't know how successful your attempts to boost SIA membership were
at SHA.  I suspect that the prominence given the SIA display, shoe
horned between a couple of other displays and in relative darkness, is
somewhat indicative of its relative significance.  As I gave an
industrial archaeology presentation at SHA, I obviously think that
industrial archaeology is important and should play a greater role.

As an aside, how much overlap is there with nautical archaeology
organizations?

James Brothers

"Patrick E. Martin" wrote:

> Thanks, Ned and Bob, for positive feedback re: SIA.  When I started
> working with the Society, I was shocked how little overlap there was
> between SIA and SHA; I calculated about 4% at that time.  I started
> displaying SIA stuff at SHA meetings in '95, offering some incentives
> for new members from SHA, and the response, while not overwhelming,
> has been gratifying; we've hit 12% overlap.  I think that there is
> still room for improvement, and I'll continue to proselytize.  I
> expect to beat the drum at Long Beach, and interested parties can
> access our web page at  http://www.ss.mtu.edu/IA/sia.html.  By the
> way, SIA individual membership remains very reasonable at $35US! See
> you in California! Patrick Martin--