STC

[Ned Bedinger]

John Posada wrote:
> Or, like me, I live on the New Jersey shore, over two hours from NYC, and
> I'm President of the NYMetro chapter. When we have a monthly meeting, I get
> home about midnight.
> 

John,

I don't want to blindside the conversation or anyone, but I saw that you 
were posting about STC, so I dropped in to see if you were posting 
another blurb about speakers and topics at STC/NYMetro, as I've noted on 
the list from you, not recently, but in the past.

Not to get prickly, but you may have noticed that I have occasionally 
said, on this list, words to the effect that I wish STC would fold up 
their tents and steal silently into the night, for the good of the 
profession.

At this point, if you're still reading, I just want to say that if some 
(loosely) local STC group presented leading topics and speakers, such as 
you've mentioned for your NYMetro group, even >I< would drive two hours 
to attend, checkbook in hand when I reach for the meeting room door. The 
last time I wrote STC a check must have been well over a decade ago.

I'd drive further than that if the group also stayed awake to monitor 
and report on legislation and industry initiatives affecting us.

Regards to you for at least talking the kind of professional 
organization I can appreciate.

Ned Bedinger
doc at edwordsmith.com