Re: any thoughts on this?

**jo ellen meyers sharp h*@sbcglobal.net**

Actually, anyone can buy the GWA list for this kind of purpose, 
although I thought GWA didn't give out the e-mails. Maybe they pulled 
those off the Web site. I think the products/services need to be 
related to what we do, however, to buy the mailing list. I've bought 
it for clients before.

I was really disappointed a few years ago with a soils presentation 
prepared by Fafard. The program was all Fafard and very little about 
soils...more about mining the products for the Fafard mix.I sent a 
message to the people who prepared it, saying it was one long 
commercial. I kept the soil samples; however, with the intention of 
building my own program.

I think it kind of depends on what your particular goal is as a 
garden communicator. Some newspapers would probably have a fit if a 
staff writer and possibly a freelance writer became the spokesperson 
for anything. That old journalism avoid the appearance of 
preferences, impropriety, thing.

Before accepting, you might want to make sure it's such an 
arrangement would be all right w/any publications or other media you 
work with. Melinda Myers has marketed herself and is the spokesperson 
for Milorganite.

jems

>
>
>In a message dated 10/19/2006 7:29:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>clfornari@mail.com writes:
>
>Speakers  who are listed in the GWA speakers bureau got this email
>today...what's YOUR  reaction?  CLF
>
>1) We can offer this opportunity to any gardening  communicator, provided:
>
>
>While I didn't have a problem with the message of safe lawns/less  pesticides
>etc etc  I am not about to be a salesperson for them.   Things like:
>
>Speakers do not have to endorse the sponsors or even say nice things  about
>them, but they do need to thank them 
>
>
>
>I don't do canned presentations and I am sure not many of us do, so I 
>ignored it.  But I do wonder who let them have the email listing - 
>or are  they a
>member of GWA and just copied them???
>
>
>Kate  Copsey
>Freelance Writer
>Gardens and  Parenting
>www.Katecopsey.com
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