[SOC] SOC and Woody Allen

[Charles Harpole]

Woody said it best, and because this is the SOC, I will repeat the joke about not wanting to be a member of any club that

 

would have me as a member......  73,



Charles Harpole k4vud at hotmail.com 

 

 




 
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:30:36 +0700
> From: sm3dyu at ji-net.com
> To: w6dtw at arrl.net; soc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SOC] SOC #896
> 
> Our "Big Brother FOC" seems to be the template for membership in CWops 
> and as a matter of fact a number of the so called "Charter members" are 
> actually also members of FOC. I was invited to join ranks with the 
> Charter members, based on my previous profession as a ships radio 
> officer. Needless to say, membership in SOC and CWops do not go together 
> well, one sort of defeats the other! Membership in FOC requires that one 
> members dies first, so that in essence means that the new member is just 
> filling an empty pair of shoes. Not a recommendable way of getting fresh 
> blood into ham-radio. If the wait is too long, new aspiring members 
> might resort to force!
> 
> As I declined the invitation from CWops, I hopefully will remain 
> "SOC-ed" and not "FOC-ed".
> 
> Btw, nice blog, David!
> 
> Sam HS0ZDY
> 
> 
> David W6DTW wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Just joined SOC; somehow my application made it through screening. Ha!
> > Joke's on you. My CW is at best 3rd class...
> >
> > What brought me here was a couple of things. First off my friend Chris
> > K6DBG is a member. Second was that after last week's NAQP contest someone
> > was suggesting that I should check out CWops; he apparently didn't actually
> > hear me sending code. I was in the process of writing an article entitled
> > "Shooting Ourselves In The Foot : Amateur radio's culture of exclusion" and
> > the whole CWops membership process was like a gift from God; a perfect
> > example of what I was trying to say. 
> >
> > 
> > http://sparqi.blogspot.com/2010/01/shooting-ourselves-in-foot-amateur.html
> >
> > So in contrast to CWops, and knowing about SOC through Chris, I offered you
> > folks as an example of the right way to create a community. The Unknown
> > Secretary pointed me to the mailing list archive; looks like I'm not the
> > only one who has an opinion about CWops. 
> >
> > And in a moment of weakness I sent in my application for membership. Now
> > you're stuck with me. 
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > ...dtw
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > David T. Witkowski
> > w6dtw at arrl.net
> > : Twitter = W6DTW
> > : IRLP = 3802
> > : Echolink = 314933
> > 
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