Bill, I have given up my AOS membership 1.5 years ago, and I do not involve myself in AOS politics. However, in any democratic organization, nominations from the floor are normal. Not in the AOS? ok!
I did not hurt the AOS financially by my resignation. Andy Easton sent me an eloquent, private, unsolicited e-mail, soon after I told Lee Cooke why I resigned from the AOS. Andy promised me, in the nice way only he is capable of, that the AOS would be better off without me and that it would not suffer financially just because I resigned. He, Andy Easton, would personally purchase an AOS membership and give it to an orchid grower in Cuba. I have never asked him if he did. Digging old cows out of the swamp, like Selby etc. serves no purpose in connection with either Andy or the AOS. As far as your contention that a fabulous job was done financially, that is debatable and I have no interest in it. Did you read Doug Duggins post, this month, re the AOS and their 2001 expenses exceeding revenues by more than $ 900,000.- ??? Not that I care. I think you are correct. ORCHIDS seems a vendor oriented magazine.
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