Re: Stress Analysis Spreadsheet Software - Opinions

From: <Geoff>
Date: Sun Feb 19 2006 - 17:53:00 EST

Christopher,

   How are things going to change if we dont participate? Havent we brought this upon ourselves because we have left to the other chap to do it?

   Now I have the time I have become involved here in Australia and I intend making a difference. If I had a 100 helpers they would know how serious we are. We cant be like the buffalo hunters sitting around the campfire chanting "The herds are going to come back, the herds are going to come back....". We can only get out of it what we put in. Let us get rid of the academics and make a difference.

   Geoff

Christopher Wright <chrisw@skypoint.com> wrote:

On Feb 19, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Geoff Stone DD&D Australia wrote:

> Where will the next generation be without a vibrant body such as this
> in the future?

The operative word is 'vibrant.' The ASME hasn't been 'vibrant' for years. The governing board has been throwing around all sorts of management-speak buzz words for year, but the fact is that they haven't been attracting younger members or really doing all that much for the members they have.

I agree that professional (more accurately 'technical') societies are important things for any profession, but what's the good if they've lost their focus?
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Sun Feb 19 17:53:00 2006