Subject: Club BOB(c) FAQ Version 1.3
Date: 8 Apr 1996 13:04:06 GMT
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Club BOB(c) does put forth this document to answer some of the questions
often asked us. This document cannot answer every possible question about
the organization, but clarifies some of the more frequent ones. 


Club BOB(c) FAQ version 1.3

Index:

1. What is Club BOB(c)?
2. Why the name?
3. Why does everyone in the organization use strange names?
4. Who runs Club BOB(c)?
5. What is the difference between Club BOB(c) and BOB(c)NET?
6. Do I have to send anyone money to join?
7. How do I join BOB(c)NET?
8. What would I have to do in BOB(c)NET?
9. What do I get out of it?
10. When and where was Club BOB(c) founded?
11. Is Club BOB(c) some sort of cult?
12. Is Club BOB(c) the Church of the SubGenius?
13. Is Club BOB(c) a personal fan club for BOB(c)?
14. Why are there so many theatre people in Club BOB(c)?
15. What is a typical Club BOB(c) member like?
16. What is with that "(c)"?



1. What is Club BOB(c)? 
Club BOB(c) is an unregistered non-profit organization dedicated to the
pursuit and development of the arts in an unorthodox manner.  Members are
artists, with very few exceptions. 

2. Why the name?
The name "Club BOB(c)" came about from the ideas of Israel Day, who saw
that his friend Andrew S. Damick had a strange attachment to the name
"Bob", saying that it had a peculiar property of no connotations or
implications, neither philosophic nor social, lending a sort of
philosophic blank slate on which to chalk his unorthodox thoughts.  As a
result of this attachment, Israel formulated an interpretation of a wider
meaning than just that of his friend, and so was born the organization
Club BOB(c). 

3. Why does everyone in the organization use strange names?
In a sort of remembrance to the original renaming, the organization
quickly took on its own individual names for members, usually reflecting
an antiquated or highly simplistic style.  Some of the more notable
members of the organization include: Fred, Horace, Herman, and Sam. 

4. Who runs Club BOB(c)? 
Club BOB(c) is run by its Founders, and is currently undergoing a major
reorganization based on a loosely democratic style.  The Founders are: The
BOB(c) (Andrew S. Damick), The Fred (David Israel Day), The Herman
(Beckett S. Taylor), and The Horace (Nathan A. Hill).  The BOB(c)NET wing
is now run by Phoebe (Beverley R. White). 

5. What is the difference between Club BOB(c) and BOB(c)NET?
The difference is that BOB(c)NET exists in the Internet community, and
there are no local groups, as is typical in the mother organization. 
Instead, BOB(c)NET is one massive group spanning the entire globe,
including similarly-minded Internet users. 
 
It should also be noted that membership in BOB(c)NET does not necessarily
constitute membership in Club BOB(c), although Club BOB(c) members with
'Net access are automatically part of BOB(c)NET. 

6. Do I have to send anyone money to join?
Most certainly not.  We are planning to eventually become officially
registered as non-profit, and any costs created in the future will be
purely nominal.  There is currently no membership fee. 

7. How do I join?
Membership is obtained simply by emailing the BOB(c)NET director at
phoebe@ripco.com with a detailed description of yourself, including your
artistic tastes and musings on philosophy.  It is recommended that you
include as much as possible, so as to give the director a better picture
of who you are and the type of art that you create.  Also, you must submit
a tentative name by which you would like to be known in BOB(c)NET.  It
cannot be any part of your real name, and must follow the general style of
the examples here.  After the information is reviewed, you will receive a
notice of acceptance or rejection, sometimes including the reasons for the
decision, but not always.  Please make sure the subject heading of your
message includes the word "MEMBERSHIP". 

Do *not* submit your application to the Founders; it will only delay
Phoebe's ability to process it. 

8. What would I have to do in BOB(c)NET?
You don't have to do anything.  You can, however, promote the arts with
BOB(c)NET in nearly any way you can conceive. The emphasis is on the
unorthodox.  A simple example of this would be making all your USENET
posts for one week in rhyming couplets. If you are doing something, we'd
very much like to know about it. 

9. What do I get out of it?
You are put on the BOB(c)NET mailing list, which will include interesting
musings from members worldwide, news, and almost anything relevent. You
will also become a member of the BOB(c)NET community, with a special
camaraderie gained in no other way.  Additionally, if you maintain a WWW
page, you will be included in a list at the official BOB(c)NET site.
Eventually, we hope to create our own USENET group, alt.org.club-bob.  In
order to do this, though, we must prove a sufficient support-base for its
creation.  At this point, alt.fan.the-bob is the closest thing we have. 

10. When and where was Club BOB(c) founded?
Club BOB(c) was founded on May 20, 1992, in Room B, at the Richland
Academy of Arts, Mansfield, OH, USA. 

11. Is Club BOB(c) some sort of cult?
Definitely not. The organization condones no specific religious or
political position, and never will in the future. 

12. Is Club BOB(c) the Church of the SubGenius?
No. Club BOB(c) is not affiliated with the Church of the SubGenius in 
any way. 

13. Is Club BOB(c) a personal fan club for BOB(c)?
No, it is not. Although the organization is named after him, BOB(c) has
never wished it to be a fan club for him of any kind, and there are
included in the membership a number of people who do not necessarily agree
with him but hold similar goals. 

14. Why are there so many theatre people in Club BOB(c)?
The organization was founded during a theatre production, and by theatre
people, who naturally recruited their friends. There is, however, a
growing number of non-theatre types in the organization, and soon theatre
will become simply one of many types of art practiced by its members. 

15. What is a typical Club BOB(c) member like?
First of all, there is nothing typical about a member of Club BOB(c). A
member is often called "strange" by his/her friends, family, and
acquaintances. Usual terms for members include: freak, strange, simple and
elegant, philosophic, intelligent, bizarre, curious, different, and deep. 

16. What is with that "(c)"?
The "(c)", and any variant thereof, as used in the terms "The BOB(c)",
"BOB(c)", or "Club BOB(c)", is merely an aesthetic addition, neither
expressing nor implying copyright of any kind. 


Copyright (c) 1995 Club BOB(c).
