The snippet allows one to create a collection containing objects that are in some OUs but NOT IN another collection
I found part of this snippet here: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rbennett806/pages/collection-queries.aspx
SELECT srsys.ResourceID, srsys.ResourceType, srsys.Name, srsys.SMSUniqueIdentifier, srsys.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, srsys.Client FROM SMS_R_System srsys WHERE ( srsys.SystemOUName = "NINET.ORG/PRIMARY" OR srsys.SystemOUName = "NINET.ORG/OSD" ) AND srsys.ResourceID NOT IN ( SELECT ResourceID FROM SMS_FullCollectionMembership WHERE CollectionID = "XXXXXXXX" )