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60 Years

Interesting anecdotes

The price of a single room at the Maylower Hotel in Washington US for ISSA members
attending the 1974 convention was a massive $28 or $60 to $90 for a suite. Delegate fees were

an equally sobering $65 for a member. Lady members were charged a lesser amount of $35.

ISSA members attending the 1981 convention in New Orleans were offered the chance to book their
trips to the event as part of individually priced tours, inclusive of light and hotel accommodation. Those

wishing to book a return trip to New Orleans from London and sharing a twin room were asked to part
with $464 while those wishing to travel from London to new Orleans via Honolulu (conventions were

tiring in those days) could snap it up for the single room price of only $1,000.

Income of ISSA in 1979 amounted to DM252,812 with register fees, associations and associate fees

contributing DM75,200 to this total. The largest item of expenditure after salaries was postage at DM22,589.

A circular picked up by Roger van Uffel some years ago highlighted the 10 easiest ways to kill off your association. Sure ire
methods were ‘Don’t attend meetings and if you do get there late!’ But a personal favourite was ‘Constantly ind fault with the

oficers and other members’ and ‘Delay paying your dues as long as possible..’ Some pointers we should still consider.

The principal speakers at the ISSA 1976 Convention in Hamburg were Wally Canty of

the UK and Captain D.P. Boll of Hamburg.