[music-dsp] AES membership issue

[Nick]

Hey Mehmet,
   I can assure you that the AES is not a fraudulent organization.  I 
have been a member for about six years now and have always received my 
copy of the journal.  The biggest advantage that I find as a student is 
the ability to get a discount on the entrance price to the AES 
convention.   The convention is a great place to learn about new 
technologies, see demos of new gear, and meet some incredible people.  
More importantly it is a great place to see people that I haven't seen 
in a while.  A lot of the people that I attended undergrad with at U of 
Miami that were AES members come to the convention and we usually have 
a pretty good time.  Hopefully the AES will straighten out your 
situation.

See ya,
Nick

On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 10:47 PM, mehmet at ece.pdx.edu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my first post. Naturally, it's a question.
>
> I'm wondering if there are any Audio Engineering Society members are 
> on this
> group and if so, what you think of it.
>
> I paid for a membership a little over a year ago. For several months 
> after I
> got the membership card, I received nothing more. I checked their 
> website in
> case there is no journal sent to student members, but it clearly says 
> all
> members should receive the journal. That was what I was mostly 
> interested in.
>
> I wrote a number of e-mails to AES and left two phone messages, asking 
> them to
> let me know why I never received a thing from them. They didn't 
> respond, even
> by e-mail.
>
> By the time my membership expired, I had received nothing and heard 
> nothing.
>
> I don't know what to think. They took my money and I think it may be a
> fraudulent organization.
>
> Has anyone had similar experiences.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mehmet Vurkac
> mehmet at ece.pdx.edu
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