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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband is a member, has been for many years. Accomplished in physics & diplomacy.

Anyone who says they thought about joining and decline as BSing, either turned down or have no knowledge of how it works. It's an esteemed club - no buying your way in.[/quote]

Maybe you are referring to me -- I was the one who was asked to join but declined. Aside from the practical reason I gave, above, there was also my perception that not only were the members old, but also that not much of importance was being done there, in contrast to an earlier day, when, for example, influential men (no women) of science and government worked out the establishment of the National Science Foundation and later NASA. More recently, if you want to be where a lot of deals are done in the tech field, you need to join the Tower Club in Tysons Corner (at the top of the "shopping bag building." [/quote]

By process you would not have been asked to join. Perhaps someone might have suggested that you would be a good candidate for consideration and that they would nominate you so you could be considered for membership. And if you did go through the whole process and then changed your mind because of the reasons you state, it just doesn't make sense. At any rate, the Cosmos Club is an intellectual group of accomplished and highly regarded people who are notable and documented (not necessarily published) in their field. Membership in the club is considered elite by many people. It takes time and experience to even be considered as a viable candidate. Deals in the tech field and accomplishments measured by likes, subscribers & investment rounds is not what the club is about, not it is ever likely to be.

Because the club is private, I won't go into more details but there have been claims of it dying for decades; diversifying the membership does not happen overnight because of the admittance criteria. But claiming "unwillingness to act upon the problem of racial exclusion" is ignorant and uninformed.

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