Artisanal Software Society

Certificate of Membership

The Society does not issue certificates. Members prepare their own, as is proper. Complete the register below, print the document on the heaviest paper available to you, and sign it in ink. A certificate is valid from the moment you believe in it.

Register of Particulars
Full name of the artisan
Rank attained
Date of admission
Certificate number (self-assigned; the registry trusts you)

Printing is the recommended viewing format.


SIGILLUM
ASS
SOCIETATIS
Artisanal Software Society
Established 1995 · Incorporated Nowhere
Certificate of Membership

Be it known by all present, and recited to all absent, that

 

having demonstrated principled inefficiency, a sustained resistance to progress, and the willingness to type this certificate's particulars by hand, is admitted to the rank of

Apprentice Artisan

with all the privileges, obligations, and emergency telephone calls appertaining thereto.

PER MANUS, SINE PROGRESSU
(By hand, without progress. Latin unverified; verification would require consulting an external authority.)
Given this date: ____________________ Certificate № 0001
 
The Chair
 
Gerald, Counsel
 
The Bearer (ink only)

This certificate confers no qualifications and attests no competence. It is, however, suitable for office walls. Lamination is discouraged; the document should age. The Artisanal Software Society is a satirical project; the pride you feel is nonetheless real. Manifesto Principle 1 applies: if any field above was pasted, this certificate is void and you know it.


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