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I just received a letter today from the IEEE Computer Society.  It
was apparently addressed to ACM members.  It read, in part:

"Dear Eric F. Johnson:

"Your membership in the ACM proves not only a commitment to excellence in
your career but also a quest for knowledge that the IEEE Computer
Society is particularly designed to satisfy."

[Description of the wonderful benefits deleted.]

"Interested? As you can see, membership in the Computer Society so
perfectly compliments your participation in the ACM that you are 
probably asking yourself why you haven't joined sooner!"

Ah, but I have.  I believe I've been a member of the IEEE and the 
Computer Society since 1984.  I also believe that there used to be
a discount on renewals for members who were also members of the ACM.
I took that discount whenever it was available.

"Barry W. Johnson,
Vice President, Membership"


Obviously the IEEE has an ACM membership list.  I only ask that
they please cross-reference this list against their own membership
lists, since:

1) I get enough junk mail as it is.  
2) If I get reams of junk mail from an organization, I may miss
those renewal notices (they get lost in all the junk letters from the
same organization).
3) It must cost the IEEE to send out these letters.  Why are they
wasting their money (money that comes in part from my dues)?
4) Trees are killed to produce these letters.  If the text said that
the letter was printed on recycled paper, maybe I wouldn't mind so
much.

I only hope that they send one (or more) of these letters to Barry.

-Eric

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