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From: w1cowan@watson.ibm.com (Crispin Cowan)
Subject: Re: Renewals
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 20:38:52 GMT

In article <1991Jun4.022231.21108@mathcs.sjsu.edu> horstman@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) writes:
>In article <1991Jun3.192556.13648@nas.nasa.gov> uselton@nas.nasa.gov (Samuel P. Uselton) writes:
>>I second this motion, and additionally, I'd like to see the membership card
>>just that tiny bit smaller so it would fit in the "windows" of a wallet.  It
>>has ALWAYS been just enough too big that it must be trimmed or folded if 
>>I'm going to carry it.

I'll second the motion for a standard-sized membership card.

>Pray tell, why would you want to carry the membership card on you?
You go to a conference, and in typical befuddled fashion you haven't
pre-registerd.  First question from the person behind the desk:  "What's
your membership #?"  Going home to check the sticker on your last
magazine is just a tad inconvenient :-).

Crispin
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