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9 <h6>Independent ISP Trade Group Comparison</h6>
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19 <td><a href="http://afmug.com/"><img src="http://www.afmug.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/AF.png" style="background-color:#666666" alt="Animal Farm" width=128></a><BR><H6>"AFMUG"</H6></td>
20 <td><a href="http://wispa.org/"><img src="http://www.wispa.org/Portals/37/Images/Logos/wispa-logo.png?ver=2015-02-27-084824-570" alt="WISPA" width=128></a></td>
21 <td><a href="http://fispa.org/"><img src="http://www.fispa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fispa_final.png" alt="FISPA" width=128></a></td>
22 <td><a href="http://incompas.org/"><img src="http://www.incompas.org/images/theme/logo-new.png" alt="Incompas" width=128></td>
23 <td><a href="http://ntca.org/"><img src="http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnfull/20130910/DC77128LOGO" alt="NTCA" width=128></a></td>
24 <td><a href="http://americancable.org/"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_200_200/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAJLAAAAJDQyYWNjNTBkLTBjZDMtNGY2MC04NGQ5LWUyYmI1OTIyNjBjMg.png" alt="ACA" width=128></a></td>
25 <td><a href="http://ccamobile.org/"><img src="https://ccamobile.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CCALogo_White_200x100.png" style="background-color:#666666" alt="CCA" width=128></a></td>
29 <th>Formal organization</th>
30 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
31 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
32 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
33 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
34 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
35 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
36 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
40 <th>Conference / trade show</th>
41 <td><span class="no">✖</span> (last one in 2015)</td>
42 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
43 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
44 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
45 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
46 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
47 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
51 <th>Mailing list(s)</th>
52 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
53 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
54 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
55 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
56 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
57 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
58 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
62 <th>Average member size</th>
73 <th>Member description</th>
76 <td>ISPs and small CLECs</td>
79 <td>Small/medium<BR>cable operators</td>
80 <td>Small/medium<BR>cellular operators</td>
85 <th>Association size</th>
96 <th>Executive Director / CEO</th>
97 <td>BDFL Chuck McCown</td>
100 <td>Chip Pickering</td>
101 <td>Shirley Bloomfield</td>
102 <td>Matthew M. Polka</td>
103 <td>Steven K. Berry</td>
108 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
109 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
110 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
111 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
112 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
113 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
114 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
119 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
120 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
121 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
122 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
123 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
124 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
125 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
130 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
131 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
132 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
133 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
134 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
135 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
136 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
140 <th>Lobbying/PAC</th>
141 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
142 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
143 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
144 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
145 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
146 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
147 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
151 <th>DSL/cable reseller program</th>
152 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
153 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
154 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
155 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
156 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
157 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
158 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
162 <th>HR services (employee health/savings plans)</th>
163 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
164 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
165 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
166 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
167 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
168 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
169 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>