Snub'd by Phila St Andrews Society

[ChromeScholar]

A more appropriate approach (to my mind) is to open a competing site, to serve an underserved community.

I believe I said this very thing the last time this subject came up. I was also alluding to this above. What must an organization do to call themselves a "St. Andrews Society?" I'm still looking for an answer. Whatever the answer is, if one group refuses to let you in their sandbox, you can always build your own sandbox. Just find out what the regulations on sandboxes are before you start building.

[emolas]

I believe I said this very thing the last time this subject came up. I was also alluding to this above. What must an organization do to call themselves a "St. Andrews Society?" I'm still looking for an answer. Whatever the answer is, if one group refuses to let you in their sandbox, you can always build your own sandbox. Just find out what the regulations on sandboxes are before you start building.

Nice analogy!

There doesn't appear to be any central authority for the society but the St Andrews Society of New York appears to be the first one created so maybe you can contact them about a charter.

[macwilkin]

Nice analogy!

There doesn't appear to be any central authority for the society but the St Andrews Society of New York appears to be the first one created so maybe you can contact them about a charter.

There is some debate on which St. Andrew's society is the oldest in the US; some sources say Boston (1657), others say Charleston (1729), and New York is also thrown in there as well. In Canada, the North British Assocation of Halifax, Nova Scotia is considered to be the oldest, followed by the St. Andrew's Society of St. John, New Brunswick.

There is a St. Andrew Society in Scotland that many organizations are affiliated with:

http://www.st-andrew.org.uk/

But many St. Andrew's/Scottish/Caledonian socities are not affiliated/charted through them.
Others are affiliated with the Robert Burns Assocation of North America, or the World Burns Federation of Scotland, especially Burns Clubs. Still others maintain relationships with "sister societies" around the globe. Our society received a lot of assistance from the St. Andrew's Society in St. Louis when we were first starting out, and we still maintain a fairly strong relationship with them to this day.

Regards,

Todd