RE: STC or STC# ?

["Candie McKee" <kiruna91 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

While the following statements are true to some extent, you must remember 
that if you want these things (seminars and other programs) YOU must 
participate actively.  YOU must ask for the seminars and programs that you 
find interesting. YOU must help facilitate their inception (this might 
include finding the speaker, the funding, the place to hold the event, 
etc.).  YOU must attend the meetings and seminars.

I am very active in my local chapter, and I tire of hearing members complain 
about how they aren't getting their moneys worth. These members are the 
people who NEVER come to a meeting. NEVER offer to find speakers.  NEVER 
offer to help find funding. NEVER offer to write an article for the 
newsletter. NEVER raise their voice except to complain.  STC is what you 
make it. If you want it to be productive and worth your money, you have to 
put something into it.  It's like I tell my nine-year-old daughter "There is 
nothing in life that is free.  If you expect to sit back and do nothing, you 
will receive nothing in return. If you want it to happen, make it happen. Be 
proactive.  Be adventurous. Be positive."