Re: AIS: http://AISrhizome.com


Iris Moose (Bobby Baxter) wrote:
> 
> Wouldn't it be great if you could go to a website such as http://aisrhizome.com and purchase any of the top 100 iris from the Symposium.  The AIS could help support this endeavor through partnership and make a little money (5%) for the AIS general fund at the same time.

The AIS would probably say that they should not show favoritism to one
commercial organization or another. The AISgiftshop is a trial program. 

> I also imagine that this would be such a huge successful business adventure that even someone starting this as a new business from scratch would be profitable.

Predictions are easy to make and hard to verify. The AISgiftshop gets
very little business from the AIS membership, a fact that would seem to
be counterintuitive.
 
> I also read in the Bulletin where AIS membership continues to decrease.  There are obviously reasons for the decline but it seems this subject is often times considered taboo and not spoken in public places.  Perhaps a bit a open reality conversation would help identify problems and also initiate new ideas that would strengthen AIS.

I don't think any discussion about the AIS membership decreasing has
ever been labeled as taboo (at least in this forum)

You imply you know the reasons. Put them on the table for people to discuss.


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