Re: What's in a name? (was: Newsletter Mania)

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Talbot writes:

>DrT rationalizes the far-reaching scope of the name of the club
>he and Jim Motley recently started:
>
>> With members from large cities like Akron, this not a
>> Cleveland exclusive club.  "Northern Ohio" might have been better
>> but you have one extra word.  Plus, with Columbus OH only two
>> hours South and with no stereo club, I don't see why shouldn't we
>> have some members from there too.
>
>What exactly does this have to do with selecting the name?  You
>and Jim both belong to the "Detroit" club.  Did your joining result
>in a movement to rename the club to the "Michigan/Ohio" club or the
>"States Bordering Lake Erie" club?  Should we now conclude that
>Ohio residency is a requirement for membership in the "Ohio" club?
>Erie, Pennsylvania is closer to Cleveland than Columbus is.  Are
>residents of that town not welcome to join?

OK, Paul... I guess "criticizing DrT" was not enough for you, now we
have to start a "criticizing DrT's Club name" thread... :-) :-) :-)

A name means nothing and there is no reason to name a club after
the metropolitan area that it resides.  Since there is no other stereo
club in Ohio, we decided to call it "Ohio Stereo Photographic Society".
Do you have a problem with that???

If you do have a problem, here is what you can do:  1) Join the club.
2) Propose a name change, 3) Find 7 more members who approve this change
and submit this proposal during a regular club meeting, 4) Hope to get
2/3 vote in the next regular meeting.  

Sounds complicated but the name of the club is the first article of the 
Constitution and the procedure I just outlined is the last article which 
tells you how you can change the Constitution.  This Constitution was 
voted last Tuesday.  If you would like a copy, send a SASE and I will
get it to you.

>Naming a club for the metropolitan area in which it meets seems far
>more logical, IMO.

We have named our children Vasiliki and Antonios after my parent's name
(Greek tradition).  It would bother me if someone outside my family
questions why we chose these names.  Same way, I don't see why someone
from Texas has a problem with our club name.  A name is just a name... 
Perhaps there are other more important issues to worry about...

-- George Themelis


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