Re: Preferring STC Members

Subject: Re: Preferring STC Members
From: Marc Santacroce <santa -at- TFS -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 11:35:00 PST

Robert, I agree with you on the STC pubs. I, however, agree with the
original sender that someone who is an STC member is more likely to be
exposed to a wide variety of ideas/methods and current practices and job
requirements. It is not however, a guarantee thast someone is a good
writer.
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At 6:40 AM 3/7/95 -0800, Robert Plamondon wrote:
>>And when given the choice between someone who belongs to
>>STC and someone who doesn't, I'll probably choose the STC
>>member. Why? Because someone who takes the time to belong
>>to a professional society like STC is constantly exposed to
>>new ideas and methods and is less likely to be firmly\
>>entrenched in the past. Give me someone who's not afraid to
>>learn! Society membership says that to me.

>Is this some other STC that I haven't heard of? There is no
>correlation between good writers and STC membership that I've
>ever seen. And the journal is dull as ditchwater, and often
>badly written.

> -- Robert

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Regards,

Marc



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