 The great majority of members are American and Canadian, in large part because the association's annual meeting, lecture, and induction of new members takes place at its annual banquet during an evening of the American Sociological Association's annual meeting.Although there have been no contentious issues since the 1970s, at times the SRA has served as an alternative to the mainstream of American sociology.It was founded in the 1930s in opposition to the dominant Chicago school of sociology.