Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 52

2007-02-11 Thread K Barrett
[snip] Kathy (a real AOS cheerleader) [snip] Merv AOS member since 1969 snork! Good one! I nearly split my sides laughing! Merv, if asking people to quit complaining here and take it to the people who can actually *do* someting about it qualifies me as a cheerleader then I accept the

[OGD] Lee

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Bergstrom
Where do people get these things..Lee had nothing to do with the move or the money spent on anything..When you wrote to him, he could only pass it along..He has been maligned for far to long..the reason he is leaving..Others made the decisions for all these years..and who evers name is out

Re: [OGD] Lee

2007-02-11 Thread icones
Bill, In this case you are just flat wrong! I was a Trustee during that time frame. Lee was the driving force behind and in the lead of the expenditure of AOS money. His budget estimates for revenue from tourists, the gift shop, and everything else were grossly inflated ( I still have all my

Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 9, Issue 51

2007-02-11 Thread Sy Betty Levine
A big WOW; I am so cynical I am tempted to say \: the words are perfect but seeing is believing As a matter of fact this note is going to Carlos. I have known him for many years (North East Region0 IPA. Hey! Good to hear from you Betty L. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OGD] Attitude

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Bergstrom
Fifty years of the wrong attitude does not make things any better...I will stake my thirty years of good attitude against fifty years of complaining and not making things better any day..period..and I do not intend to answer or read any replies..that is MY attitude..period..one of

[OGD] Okay, I lied

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Bergstrom
I said I would end it..but truely I have one more important piece of information..my friend Lloyd DeGarmo..another Board member..and one who was a board member until last year..a good one..a staunch one..one who loved his position and who was regarded with esteem by all...except,,maybe those

[OGD] The decline of the AOS

2007-02-11 Thread Martin Epstein
The AOS is in decline. Membership is dropping, and they are spending more money than they are taking in. Although its demise is not imminent, it is gradually bleeding to death. I, for one, believe that a strong, national orchid society is a good thing, so it is worth doing something about