RE: Re: AIS: membership trends - more

Hi,
How can the MEMBERSHIP be that way when most are AIS members!  Have you
looked at a membership list side by side?

How about this?  Have AIS contact each affiliate and get the complete
membership list.  They can then take out the AIS members and send a welcome
letter to the rest.  Send them a complementary Bulletin, maybe not all at
once but section by section.

Another question, when was the last time AIS heard from each affiliate?  Are
there records for that?
Char, New Berlin WI

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Robt R
Pries
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:14 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: AIS: membership trends - more

Bobby mentioned that some restructuring might be beneficial and mentioned
the tall-bearded Iris Society.  I believe it would be very beneficial for
the TBIS to be a section of AIS. Unfortunately some of the people in control
of TBIS are in my opinion harboring vindictive gripes with AIS and would
never let this happen while they are in control. I dont believe the
membership is that way, but TBIS is even less democratic that AIS, so the
membership has little to say. I know that AIS has tried very hard to
accommodate TBIS but it seems they could never do enough to satisfy the egos
of some of the principles, at least that is my opinion.


"Bobby Baxter - Wake Forest, NC" <irismoose@daylily.net> wrote:I think
perhaps better integration of the other iris societies such as 
rebloomers, Japanese irises, Siberians, etc under one umbrella. A complete 
reorganization from top down would have to take place. I imagine getting the

tall bearded society and AIS to join together would be the first step. 
Unfortunately, there may be too much mistrust in the air for all the iris 
societies to merge. Could this be a reason why they are currently separated 
to some degree.

Hopefully, identifying the area of greatest concern can be addressed before 
making the most extreme of changes. I also believe working in this direction

can bring all the groups closer together once everything is in the open.

I do not see the daylily, hosta, and iris societies joining together. 
However, I do feel it would benefit all three interact more with each other.

This is one of the reasons I started the Happy Moose Forum in hopes that 
many situations that one society is experiencing can be helped from the 
experience of the other societies. Everyone can learn from a shared 
experience.

I would love to see the AIS membership begin a steep increase in numbers as 
well as reach many more gardeners to popularize the iris to the greatest 
extent possible.

Bobby Baxter
Happy Moose Gardening Forum
http://happymoose.com

Dedicated to the BIG 3 -- daylilies, hostas, & irises


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mann" 
To: "iris- talk" 
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:37 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: AIS: membership trends - more


> Also found this from an article by the American Soc. for Horticultural
> Science, which probably wouldn't be what AIS would chose to do, unless
> membership continues to decline at the recent rate:
>
> "Depending what direction membership trends move within [professional
> organizations]... over the next decade or so, it may be prudent for
> horticulture societies with global relevance and international
> memberships to find new ways to relate or join forces"
>
> So AIS could merge with the daylily and hosta societies.....
>
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> East Tennessee Iris Society 
> American Iris Society web site 
> talk archives: 
> photos archives: 
> online R&I 
>
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