[SOC] Done with it.

[Michael Coslo]

On Dec 22, 2009, at 2:47 PM, peteclough at aol.com wrote:

> Ok..Ok.. I give up.. I'm done.. No more ..
> I suspect from the difficulty's that apparently only I have suffered  
> in trying to aspire  for membership of this venerable society, that  
> I am NOT worthy.
> I apologize for the bother. I have tried to obtain clear answers  
> from the wise. and received  only further riddles. I fail to  
> comprehend the "Simple"
> instructions on the Holy Web Site. I failed my quest in trying to  
> get Pay Pal to accept the E Mail address as published  on the most  
> sacred web site to support your highness
> in your selfless efforts to provide the Mystic parchment of  
> acceptance.
> There fore I shall accept my plight and succumb to the will of the  
> SOC Gods and slink back down into the dept's of mediocrity and Sub  
> Second Class existence. Worry not your exalted
> heads over this. As I have proclaimed my humble inabilities. and  
> shall remove my self from the fray. Please delete me from your ranks//


Maybe we can make this a "sticky".  But since I have been told that I  
can tell a person to go spend eternity with the devil in such a way  
that they might look forward to the trip, I'll step up and make a fool  
of myself and try to explain.

	Going to the home page at http://www.qsl.net/soc/

You'll see two Logos, each with a straight key in the center, an SOC  
on the top, an AGN below, the logos are surrounded by more SOC  
codswallop.

Immediately below is the club logo "Because so few are really first  
class
a line
Then some wisdom from Chris .

Below this is the word Membership in all caps, with a festive gold  
metallic motif.

Mash that "Membership" word with gusto, and you'll be presented with a  
email form to send off to the club. You'll probably want to enter your  
name in the place where it say "name" and callsign it the space where  
it says callsign. Unless your name is Name of course

It is possible that the issue lies not within anyone's obtuseness, but  
perhaps that your browser is not set up to send email from within. In  
some browsers, an email form will come up, yet it will stubbornly stay  
put, because the browser might not have been set up with the needed  
server incantations.  In that case, I'd just use your regular email  
program to send an email to soc at qsl.net, put your name and callsign in  
it, and hope for the best.

You've come this far, you cannot quit now Pete. What would Shackleton  
do?

-73 de Mike N3LI -