Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!willett!ForthNet From: ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: FEEDBACK TO THE FORTH INT Message-ID: <93.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP> Date: 4 Jan 90 21:06:04 GMT Organization: Latest Link in ForthNet Chain Lines: 28 Date: 12-25-89 (11:31) Number: 2719 (Echo) To: F.SERGEANT [FRANK] Refer#: NONE From: JACK WOEHR Read: NO Subj: FEEDBACK TO THE FORTH INT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE Frank ... I got gray hair too! Anyway, in context, my comment that "April renewal annoys hell out of members" was meant to apply to NEW members, which was the topic at hand, i.e., where the heck are they. I rarely meet or talk to a NEW member who isn't ticked off that they have to pay a retroactive membership. The other part of my comment, perhaps even more significant, was that "April-based memberships encourage deluded financial planning" or something like that. You talk to FIG and they say, "well, only this many signed up so far, but later in the year more will renew." Maybe, pal, maybe not ... :-) =jax= NET/Mail : RCFB Golden, CO ... Vesta Technology & Denver FIG for Forth! ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated program. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'