Re: GWA

**"* M* <c*@ns.sympatico.ca>**

Hi Dan & all:
    I have to confess I've just come in on this discussion after being away from the office for a week and will try to follow it back to its start. As the relatively new Region VII Director of GWA I am certainly interested in building membership and supporting existing members. Hang in there until I catch up in the next day or so.
Sincerely,
Carol
Carol Matthews
Truro, Nova Scotia
Columnist for Canadian Gardening, East Coast Living, The Seniors Advocate
Author of Frommer's Halifax city guide
Halifax City Expert for www.homeandabroad.com
Board Member of The Travel Media Association of Canada (www.travelmedia.ca)
and The Garden Writers Association (www.gwaa.org)

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dan.clost@sympatico.ca 
  To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [GWL] GWA

  Well, we've got a good start; certainly, the opinions are divided and 
  passionately held.
  I am aware that GWA and GWL are two separate entities and I fully expect 
  quite a few folks are affiliated with both groups.
  When I spoke about relevance I was not referring solely to job referrals, 
  assignments, money, etc. I was thinking more along the lines of what I 
  derive from the GWL- when we ocassionally get into discussions about 
  writing. GWA seems to be a logical networking organisation- not necessarily 
  in Trenton, Ont. however. And, as such, you would get out what you put in.

  >From Doug Green: ..."Don't expect anybody to "officially" respond on this 
  list unless they do
  >so as a private citizen.  Or unless the board decides otherwise..."

  Doug , you hit the nail on the head for me.  Here we are, discussing the GWA 
  in an international forum that is comprised of folks who do what the GWA is 
  supposed to support. It would be silly of me to think that GWA Corporate is 
  not aware of this thread. I was hoping to hear from them in this forum- to 
  me this is a perfect opportunity to sell what it is they are offering to a 
  very refined/defined demographic. (If I were to put on my retailer's hat, 
  this is the kind of audience that costs a lot of money to find and I would 
  be fair to drooling.)

  Like others on this list, I belong to other organisations, too. One is 
  Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association. We do for our green 
  industry what the GWA is (I think) doing for the garden writers' and 
  associated professions.  There is one major difference of which I am aware: 
  L.O. actively seeks out new members, addresses any forum it can, responds ( 
  almost always diplomatically) to any queries for information...in short, it 
  will avail itself of any opportunity to sell itself. (We give a lot of bang 
  for the buck and we are relevant to our members.) I'm proud to be a member 
  of L.O. and I will unabashedly tell folks that. I also know that if we are 
  being queried in a forum such as this, both the Board and the Executive 
  Director would be involved.

  Testimonials aside (and I truly appreciate the time taken and sincerity 
  shown in them) I  need some sort of "official" response from the GWA in 
  order to re-up.

  Without a doubt,though,  you gwl folks are humourous, acerbic and witty all 
  at the same time.
  Dan
  The Good Earth Columnist
  Dan Clost's Greenscapes

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