Re: GWA Membership

**"* Z* <b*@gmail.com>**

Dear List,
I have to agree with Lois. So much so that I think she is understating the 
facts. As tough a times as I am going through ; my wife and I agree that I 
can not give up GWA. I have given magazines subscriptions memberships etc. 
but not GWA. Plan on seeing me (a English only speaking Canadian ) in Quebec 
City Regional meeting this July.
Bruce
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Bruce Zimmerman
Open-Line Garden Show
CKTB 610 AM
Saturdays 10 - Noon EST

www.brucezimmerman.com
abz1@canada.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <loisdan@juno.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] GWA Membership


> OK Daryl, you've got me going on this one and apolgies in advance, if
> someone thinks this post is too long. But you asked.
> I have had it up to here with people who don't get "enough" out of GWA
> membership. The person who recruited me, sold me on the idea of getting
> free trial plants. Every year, I get at least $100 worth of plants for
> field trials, more than repaying my dues.
> At the conference (we can't go every year), I have received free
> (expensive) tools and plants, gloves that sell for $40/pair, and met
> members from my region that have given me important leads on gardens to
> scout.
> I touch base, in person, with editors that I would have to pay hundreds
> of dollars in airfare to visit (face time is always important).
> I get to have conversations with some of my favorite authors and
> photographers.
> I usually learn SOMETHING from the seminar sessions, tho perhaps people
> who have been in the business longer already know everything there is to
> know.
> What garden tour addict can resist the symposium's garden tours?
> I "met" Kathy Purdy on the internet through Mary Ann Newcomer (I know
> you're "lurking" MA). Kathy helped me a lot when I was first launching my
> blog.
> Anyone who attended the GWA Conference in Pennsylvania can't possibly
> believe that the hospitality put on by Longwood Gardens and Chanticleer
> (or any other sponsor) was included in the $300 per person registration!
> Food is good. Sure, there are glitches (I was stuck in the dark for hours
> in the hotel basement at Valley Forgeand and suffer from claustrophobia).
> But I have also been on the organizing end of other events when things
> have gone terribly wrong. Let's, instead, applaud the heroic work of the
> volunteers who soldiered on to get the conference back on track.
> Marianne Binetti, who taught a class at my first conference in Long
> Island, has promptly responded to every question I've e-mailed her. I
> don't even know whether she would remember who I am.
> Kirk Brown is a fabulous, funny, and interesting resource who introduced
> me to Nan Ondra, Stephanie Cohen, and Rob Cardillo with whom I have
> subsequently worked (and earned money).
> Thanks to Saxon Holt, Betty Mackey, Art Wolk and others who sent me free
> (expensive) books to review.
> There's lots more, but I'll end with this one:
> I never would have known about the GWListserv unless GWA member Mary Ann
> Newcomer had told me about it. And I thank you Doreen for hosting it; it
> is a tremendous resource.
> To anyone who says they aren't getting their money's worth out of the
> GWA, I say it's your own darn fault!
>
> Regards,
> Lois
> Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>
> On Sat, 3 May 2008 10:18:06 -0400 "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net> writes:
>> A writer of my acquaintance, who chose not to renew membership in
>> GWA, was
>> curious to know how many people on this list were GWA members, and
>> if any
>> were former GWA members. She didn't feel she was getting value for
>> the dues.
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>>
>>
>
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