I called SK customer service this afternoon, and talked to a nice lady. She said the socket of the month email was sent in error and is no more. She also said that your membership is still in effect until it expires.
I say, let's be hopeful! I hate to see manufacturing go away in this country, especially SK tools. As for moving machinery, industry does it all the time. I've seen it in my over 30 years as an industrial electrician. I don't think many people worked at the Illinois factory that Ideal built...