Thanks Iris. :)
Marianne ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 2:51 PM Subject: [OGD] Re: Threatened Eruption > In a message dated 10/15/04 8:31:44 AM, Marianne writes: > > Where? What was this? > > > Sorry I left out the antecedents. I thought everyone was following the mess > at AOS, especially the futile attempt to submit an alternate slate for the > members to vote on. The big complaints essentially are financial mismanagement, > inappropriate use of members' funds to support an elaborate headquarters which > most of them will never see, AOS support of large commercial nursery interests > rather than the average member, lack of democratic processes, "dumbing down" > the magazine to appeal to beginners and ignoring sophisticated growers, > excessive advertising and commercialization, and giving low priorities to education > and conservation (the culture sheets are a disgrace). > According to my cousin, who is on one of the committees, nothing really > dramatic happened at the Trustees' Meeting, except that they fired the accounting > firm. However, the rumblings were loud enough to be heard by the > administration, and some changes may occur. > Iris > "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
