Quote Originally Posted by arrogcow
To be accurate though, some caledonian societies are very insular. Cincinnati's won't let you officialy join unless you can prove Scottish ancestry, and until last year you couldn't join if you are a woman (only husbands please). On the other hand, you don't have to be a member to go to any of their functions, membership basically only gets you their newsletter.

Adam
The Caledonian Society of AZ's membership application:

http://www.arizonascots.com/member.html

No mention of a requirement of Scottish ancestry.

And of course, some Scottish societies are "insular" -- notice I said they are "usually" friendly? :mrgreen:

T.