Re: The future of iris-species group

 

Tom,

Thanks for the reply and the input on the group.

No, no one has agreed to serve as SIGNA editor, although a couple of folks have offered to help. That is better than nothing.

R

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 11:04:01 AM CDT, 'Tom Dillard' Arktopia.td@gmail.com [iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 

Rod,

I would hate to lose this group, but I’m willing to go with Facebook access.

More importantly, has anyone stepped forward to serve as editor?

Tom

 

From: iris-species@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iris-species@yahoogroups.com]
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Subject: Re: [iris-species] The future of iris-species group

 

 

I prefer free information, and I post my citrus breeding work on tropicalfruitforum.com  which is free.  But information is valuable and more than once  I've paid springerlink $35 to read a paper on a topic I was researching.  $13 per year is a lot to me, but I'd scrape it up somehow.

Walt

 

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 10:46:04 PM CDT, Ayala Steve stevayla@sonic.net [iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

 

 

I've left groups - some close to my heart - when they moved to have a "members-only" area for those who had paid their dues. As a teacher, I didn't want to be part of a group that felt knowledge they had should only be made available to seekers willing to pay for it.

Steve Ayala

 

On 10/13/2020 6:17 PM, Shaub Dunkley s*@bellsouth.net [iris-species] wrote:

 

Like a few have said I do read the posts to stay generally aware of the various iris communities. The HIPS Board of Directors and staff have been using Google groups for a couple of months. All we've used it for is "regular" email so can't comment about other features the service might support.
One can wish: Have wished many years that there was some sort of combined AIS/Sections "portal" one could access and then go into any forum they wanted to. Had an AIS interest nibble at one point but trail went cold. HIPS only lets members ($13/yr) use their forum, . When I was board member I expressed I though it should be public access. I'd lobby HIPS and AIS too if there seemed some sort of group interest.

Shaub Dunkley

On 10/12/2020 9:18 PM, Rodney Barton r*@yahoo.com [iris-species] wrote:

 

Hi All,

 

I assume everyone got the notice that Yahoo is shutting down Groups.

 

Traffic on iris-species had been light to nonresistant for some time now. Please let me know if you think it's worth finding another service or if you think it's time to say "it was fun while it lasted."  Remember that we do have a facebook page.

 

Rod

 

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