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- From: eager@eagercon.com (Michael J. Eager)
- Subject: Re: Membership Renewal ??
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.021459.19382@eagercon.com>
- Sender: root@eagercon.com (Operator)
- Reply-To: eager@eagercon.com
- Organization: Eager Consulting
- References: <1993Jan21.125452.23244@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:14:59 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article 23244@ryn.mro4.dec.com, shapiro@cfsctc.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro) writes:
- >
- >In article <1993Jan19.205357.16959@ttinews.tti.com>, hollombe@polymath.tti.com
- >(The Polymath) writes...
- >
- >>After reading all your posts on this subject, I can only conclude
- >>what you're really asking is for Mensa to do something to retain _your_
- >>membership. Frankly, I don't see why we should bother.
- >
- >Neither do I.
- >
- >If yours is the representative opinion of the majority of the Mensa membership,
- >then I, and members like myself, who, through current circumstances are unable
- >to participate as fully as they would like, and who expect a certain value for
- >their dues money, can now put to rest that anyone truly cares about retaining
- >our membership.
- >
-
- There is an unfortunate amount of this attitude in Mensa, and in every other
- organization. I think of it as the "Love It or Leave It" from the bumper stickers
- which used to be popular. The attitude is one that tends to reject anyone who
- mentions any dissatisfaction with the organization. This only exacerbates the
- situation.
-
- To give The Polymath the benefit of the doubt, I believe that he is interested
- in improving Mensa and in retaining members. He may read into your posts an
- attitude where there is nothing that can be said to keep you as a member, that
- your decision has been made, and that you just want to see people jump through
- hoops attempting to respond to your complaints. I don't see you doing this, but
- he may be more perceptive than I.
-
-
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