Baker Street Irregulars, the best-known Sherlock Holmes fan group in the US, founded in 1934. Based in New York City and open to new members by invitation only. Many, many "scion societies" across the country have their own policies and are usually open to pretty much anybody.
I made this joke at the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes dinner in 1991: "How many BSI does it take to change a lightbulb?... We don't know, because the BSI never change anything." That happened to be the evening when the BSI first admitted a few women as members, so I had to drop the joke after that. They've been better about that since.
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Re: Please enlighten the clueless.
Date: 2012-06-19 05:04 pm (UTC)I made this joke at the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes dinner in 1991: "How many BSI does it take to change a lightbulb?... We don't know, because the BSI never change anything." That happened to be the evening when the BSI first admitted a few women as members, so I had to drop the joke after that. They've been better about that since.