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9 <h6>Trade group comparison</h6>
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19 <td><a href="http://afmug.com/">AFMUG</a></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/">NTCA</a></td>
27 <th>Formal organization</th>
28 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
29 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
30 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
31 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
32 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
36 <th>Conference / trade show</th>
37 <td><span class="no">✖</span> (last one in 2015)</td>
38 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
39 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
40 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
41 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
45 <th>Mailing list(s)</th>
46 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
47 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
48 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
49 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
50 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
54 <th>Average member size</th>
63 <th>Member description</th>
66 <td>ISPs and small CLECs</td>
73 <th>Association size</th>
82 <th>Executive Director</th>
86 <td>Chip Pickering</td>
87 <td>Shirley Bloomfield</td>
92 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
93 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
94 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
95 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
96 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
101 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
102 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
103 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
104 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
105 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
110 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
111 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
112 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
113 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
114 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
118 <th>Lobbying/PAC</th>
119 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
120 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
121 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
122 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
123 <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td>
127 <th>HR services (employee health/savings plans)</th>
128 <td><span class="no">✖</span></td>
129 <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>