Originally Posted by
Optician1960
My guess would be that the ABO/NCLE does significantly less in receipts than the VC, 1/3 or less is my guess.
As for the VC, you would probably be surprised by some of the projects they work on and how they truly focus on floating all boats in the harbor, not just one company or just the big companies. While much of the dues they collect will come from the bigger corporations (lens, frame vendors, labs, retailers, sunglasses, accessories...), the independent ECP is an important part of the life blood. The Vision Expos would be awfully boring and a money loser if the ECPs were not attending and buying. Take a moment to interact with Jeff, Greg, Renee or others at VC to find out more about what they do for the industry. Kudos to them for supporting the optician forums.