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Subject:Re: STC Competitions From:Kelly Hoffman <kelly -at- NASHUA -dot- HP -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Feb 1994 17:01:20 EST
Helena Jerney <hjerney -at- HUDSONBAY -dot- BITNET> writes:
> It actually really amazes me when, every year without fail, people that
> never participate in any aspect of STC come out to participate in the
> competition.
Nahhh, you're just forgetting the real incentive: they're hoping to put
"won STC award" on their resumes.
[reasonable gripe about folks not contributing deleted]
> Quite honestly, I don't
> know what anybody expects to get out of a volunteer organization they don't
> put anything into except destructive criticism.
"Volunteer organization"? Not in my book. STC dues were pretty steep,
last time I checked.
kkh
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Kelly K. Hoffman kelly -at- nashua -dot- hp -dot- com
Learning Products Engineer
Hewlett-Packard, Network Test Division "Reading the manual is
One Tara Blvd., Nashua, NH USA 03062 admitting defeat."
