It was the first I heard of it, but then I am not a survivor of the broadcast industry... ;-), Donald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Bloomfield" <Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: How about a roast of Bert at NAB? The Order of the Iron Test Pattern is over 25 years old. Once upon a time we had 2-3000 members. In those days, you had to be in broadcasting 15 years to apply. That is no longer necessary. Now, like then, you had to be a survivor of the broadcast industry. That can be true of someone after their first day. There are no fees, dues, etc. We do sell certificates to hand on your wall, which come with 2 guarantees. And we have lapel pins. We do an annual awards meeting at NAB every year. One year we gave the Iron Couch Potato award to Gene Pooley. Pooley, while working for Zenith many years ago, invented the remote control - thereby making possible couch potatoes. It's a toung-in-cheek group and we're out to have good clean fun. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.