Re: PSUBS Organization

["Sean Walinga" <swalinga@telusplanet.net>]

Hi Brian,

>In reality, being associated with PSUBS means essentially squat to
>anyone outside the group, with or without 'business' cards. Without any
>official body sanctioning the members through some set of specific
>requirements (which, for building a psub, would be a set that most would
>probably not qualify for), then all you have is an 'interest' group.
>Which, in reality, is what PSUBS is.

To give a little more structure would help. It would allow our 'interest' group recognition from other places (for example the American Bureau of Shipping maybe).

>Secondly, and I speak from experience here, setting forth more
>organization can have the effect of creating a monster that ends up
>requiring a lot more of the 'members' efforts to feed it than a simple,
>more unofficial group does. The net effect is an animal that sucks the
>members dry of time, patience, and worse, and ends up turning an
>interest (okay, for some, an obsession) into a big problem that kills
>the original intent.

I agree.

>I think 'business' cards are fine for those that want them, and it would
>make sense that all who do want them share a common basic card design to
>which they can add their personal information as appropriate. Such a
>card is a simple means of providing contact information that 'looks
>nice' and implies that you are reasonably serious about what you are
>intending to do as it relates to PSUBS, and that you are in steady
>contact with others like yourself. Beyond that, the cards would tend to
>serve no useful purpose and surely do not present oneself as qualified
>for anything.


In honesty, I am not overly qualified for anything. I do feel that recognition as a group would help though.

>Brian.

ttfn
Sean