> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [OGD] AOS Directory > From: > Martin Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:29:45 -0400 > To: > Orchidguide digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >The AOS is currently compiling their membership and speakers >directory. In response to their mailing I called them to update my >biography. First I asked them if the directory would be distributed >free to members. They said no, there would be a charge. This didn't >surprise me. I expected the charge to be nominal, but was astounded >to find that it would be two payments of $39.99 each! > >I declined to upgrade my information. > >Frankly the directory is of little use to me, and I suspect that it >is rarely used by most members. I can use the $79.98 to buy plants >instead. > >It seems to me that the AOS is getting very greedy, and I wonder if >the Taj Mahal (aka the White Elephant) they are building is the >underlying cause. They sholud be careful that they don't price >themselves out of the market. > >Thoughts, anyone? > >Martin >
The directory is, I assume, for telemarketers and spammers, to whom they will sell quite a few. Enjoy! There are many who disagree with the direction the AOS has been taking recently, from turning the Journal into a slick glossy commercial rag in which, frankly, I'm hard pressed to find anything worth more than a passing glance, to the way the AOS is marketing itself and the tiny, tiny percentage of its income spent on education and conservation. The Board does not care. They have their own vision and woe betide the membership if they disagree. After all, it's all about the board members, right, not the membership? It's the old 'tail wagging the dog' thing that all bureaucracies fall into. They forget they are only there to carry out our wishes, not tell us what our wishes should be. Tennis Maynard
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