Not everyone is welcome !

[John Musselwhite]

At 10:22 PM 3/20/2001 -0600, Ron wrote:

>Interesting, and disturbing. We have usually taken the acceptance vote 
>with the
>applicant in the room, as just another rather informally handled procedural
>step. No written test. It seems to take the process out of the realm of the

When I joined in 1984 you took the written test *first* to determine the 
level at which you joined the PTG and if you passed the written test the 
other RTT members would discuss your character privately and vote on 
whether you should be accepted into the chapter. Then in order to stay a 
member if you weren't an RTT (at that time) you had to take the bench and 
tuning tests within a certain time limit and weren't allowed to advertise 
membership until you'd passed them.

Mind you, the Guild was more of a true "Guild" at that time.  With no 
standards for joining anymore it's turned into something more like a user's 
group as has been mentioned many times before. Why even bother voting 
prospective members in at all if they don't have any standards to which 
they must adhere?

                 John

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