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Atypi membership
Posted by union in
26 Oct 2004 — 6:08pm
26 Oct 2004 — 6:08pm
Hi Guys
I wondered if anyone knows how long an Atypi membership normally takes to process. I faxed them with a join form a week ago, and haven't heard anything. I emailed them yesterday to check they got the fax ok, I haven't had a reply yet...
I am not in a rush or anything, just a little nervous of faxing my credit card details to New York and not hearing anything back. I mean with the amount of cash I have on that card, they could have been drunk on really cheap cider all week!
Jim
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26 Oct 2004 — 10:01pm
There's usually a mess of things to take care of in the weeks after the conference, so that might account for the delay. I'm in pretty much daily contact with the secretariat, so I'll mention your query to them Jim.
27 Oct 2004 — 1:32pm
Thanks John.
I just got all my details emailed through.... so I am now a member!
My email never reached Atypi, and they had been out of town. I am now going to learn the secret handshake...
Jim
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27 Oct 2004 — 2:31pm
Ah, the secret handshake is only for second degree novices, you'll begin with the secret looking askance. When you reach the higher degrees, you will be able to project your membership number directly into another member's mind in the typeface of your choice.
27 Oct 2004 — 3:21pm
Hey, wait, these aren't the droids I was looking for!
27 Oct 2004 — 5:48pm
Speaking of ATypI membership benefits:
Here's a document I got permission to post in public:
http://www.themicrofoundry.com/other/EduBooks.pdf
It's an analysis of recommended typography textbooks, including a list-discussion summary of sorts. If you were an educator AND a member of ATypI you could participate in forming such documents, and of course members get consistent and speedy access to any proceedings.
hhp
27 Oct 2004 — 6:11pm
Nice document. I especially like reference to McLuhan "The Medium is the Massage". Stimulating. Walter Tracy and Bruce Rogers also need to have their names corrected. The Counterpunch? Yikes, no proofreaders. (Yes, Hrant, I realize you aren't responsible for it. And stop staring at me.)
27 Oct 2004 — 8:51pm
> The Counterpunch?
True, there's only one type book that has dibs on a misplaced article: "The Punchcutting" by Christian Paput.
hhp