<cite> > We are NOT strapped: we just haven't tried much and now are ignoring other > immediate offers. > > Wrong ideas about "educational standards": some of the issues are whether > TCLUG folk are the type/quality that a business might hire for serious > technical stuff, or whether they are categorically a hobbyist group with at > most non-degree technician skills... on the average and the goal. To > welcome non-degreed folks from anywhere is fine, but to indicate that the > ceiling is no higher than vo-tech, and off the academic track for > professional skills (state regs indicate what "professional" means, and in > engineering cases it is specific about having a degree). </cite> Heh, the arrogance exhibited here is quite amazing. I'll keep this email, one day I'll have children and I'll tell them, if I ever hear you speak like this man wrote I'll disown your arrogant, self-important behinds so fast you wouldn't know what hit you. TCLUG: Educational tools for your future children. :) <cite> ... More arrogance. ... </cite> <cite> > > anyways, enough ranting? > > Not hardly enough! The group needs to consider this stuff if it ever has a > mission and enough form for serious non-profit donations of support to > occur. </cite> No, it is enough. Samir M. Nassar RedConcepts.NET - http://redconcepts.net