NASW or BASW?

Just got back from the annual (U.S.) National Association of Science Writers, or from the looks of the audience, the Barely Adequate Science Writers.
Far too many attendees were the PR flacks from U.S. Uni or company Pravda offices.
While the (U.S.) NASW has 3000 members, only 300 people attended this meeting of workshops.
I was surprised by the number of nutters with causes in attendance.
I was not surprised by vast math ignorance, or no idea of scale.