====== Philana ======

===== Recruitment =====

Chapter 25, "The People's Directory," in //The People's Almanac// by David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace from
1975 contained information about offbeat organizations, ranging from the [[http://www.aaronburrassociation.org/|Aaron 
Burr Association]] to [[http://www.coai.org/|Clowns of America]], [[http://www.thedraculasociety.org.uk/|Count Dracula Society]], 
[[http://www.trivia-library.com/a/groups-organizations-meetings-and-clubs-d.htm|National Ding-a-Ling Club]], 
[[http://www.trivia-library.com/a/groups-organizations-meetings-and-clubs-d.htm|American Society of Dowsers]], 
Exotic Dancers' League, [[http://www.goodbearsoftheworld.org/|Good Bears of the World]], 
[[http://www.jimsmithsociety.com/|Jim Smith Society]], [[http://www.lalecheleague.org/|La Leche League International]], 
Liars Club, National Nothing Foundation, and Committee for Zero Automobile Growth. Positioned between the Pussycat League and 
[[http://www.google.com/search?q=Ragtime+Society&hl=en&hs=XCg&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&start=10&sa=N|Ragtime Society]] 
was information on the NPL, which caught Philana's eye.

Source: npl-folk email from [[Mercury]].

//First Issue//: Nov 1976

===== Recruits =====


[[Mercury]].

===== Nom =====

The derivation of my nom is a secret I have never revealed to anyone.

==== Combinoms ====

No data.

===== Offices =====

  * Draft checker/test solver-- 1989 -
  * Solution Editor -- April 1987 - December 1996
  * President -- 1985