Charles, Sir, you are sorely misinformed. Please actually review the materials on the current www.SHARE.org website and my recent posts to this thread.
Also, there is no restriction on the size of the company that joins, large or small. Many people, if they follow the lookup directions I posted, find that their company is already a member and all they need to do is (for free) add themselves to their company's list. Not only are first time attendees welcome, there are TWO (one on Sunday the orher on Monday) receptions/sessions specifically for them. Program/project people also attend those receptions specifically to welcome and help the new folks find what technical sessions they want/need and to answer questions. First time attendees also get a discount. The attendee info is always available, but many items vie for the front page. Even at SHARE, topics have to share. There is still time to register for SHARE Pittsburgh. Some people use direct company funding, some are able to use their tuition reimbursement program at work. There are a number of options. Much better than lighting up fires. ;) HTH, Linda Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2014, at 11:37 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > How is the Z platform served by making "how to attend your first SHARE" a > more arcane question than "how to attain the highest rank of Freemasonry"? > > There should be a big banner on the Web site "welcome to YOUR first SHARE." > > I know it has been dismissed here ad nauseum but I find this just one more > example of SHARE "exclusiveness." "We are full members of the SHARE club and > you're not, ha ha." > > I think the company orientation of SHARE is an idea whose time has passed. > What is the vision here? That corporations will go "by gum, we ought to join > SHARE" and then its employees will start showing up? People make things > happen. SHARE should welcome individuals, and then encourage them to go back > and lobby their organizations to send more people, and then say "you know, > you could save money if you joined as an organization." Furthermore there is > a lot of job mobility, a lot of one-man Z software companies, lots of > individual freelancers -- the overarching company orientation just does not > make sense any more. > > Let the flames begin. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 6:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Beginners question about SHARE > > But, somewhat surprisingly neither the SHARE web pages on "Becoming a Member" > nor the page at the "Join SHARE" link from that page lay out the basic > requirements for becoming a member or the potential annual costs involved > with membership. Perhaps this is present somewhere in the process of > actually filling out an on-line membership request, but I would think a > potential member wouldn't be inclined to proceed down that route unless > corporate authorization had been granted to proceed -- and the first question > my boss asked when we first wanted to join SHARE was the cost of membership. > That was back in pre-web days, and the hard copy information we had from > SHARE at the time made costs much easier to determine than the current web > site. > > It took me a while to find most of that information on the web site, and I > knew what I was looking for. This is pretty basic stuff that a prospective > member organization would want to know up front to evaluate what SHARE would > do to their budget. They shouldn't have to research and understand the > implications of lengthy Policy and By Laws documents on the web site to > figure it out. > > Obviously if you could establish direct contact with someone at SHARE they > could no doubt immediately provide that information, but as others have > pointed out there may reasons that is difficult. The web site could > certainly stand some improvements in this area. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
