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> One thing to consider about this thread: most of the people who are
putting down the STC are non-members. Most of those who have identified
themselves as being members have also been supportive of the organization.
If you were a national officer of STC and had to decide between making the
members happy or making non-members happy, which would you choose?
>
For purposes of this discussion you might want to consider them ex-members
rather than non-members. Even Mr. Plato is an ex-presenter at a convention.
It's one thing to easily disregard people who are not now, nor have they
ever been, members. It's another to disregard the comments of people who
were members but decided that STC wasn't for them. It brings up
uncomfortable questions like: Why did they leave? What we're getting on
this listserve is reasons people left as much as reasons they'll never join.
Granted, to acknowledge critics as former members is probably a bit tougher
on the psyche than the easier road of considering critics as mere outsiders.
But it can be ultimately more rewarding.
Sitting on my desk at this moment is my STC renewal notice. I'm still
deciding.
Paul Strasser
Windsor Technologies, Inc.
2569 Park Lane, Suite 200
Lafayette, Colorado 80026
Phone: 303-926-1982
FAX: 303-926-1510
E-mail: paul -dot- strasser -at- windsor-tech -dot- com
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