Re: AIS:hogties
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS:hogties
- From: w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:33:32 -0600
- Priority: normal
From: wmoores@watervalley.net
>
> AND that most of the responsibility for being pleased/active lies with
> the members. We can't FORCE 'em to attend, or CONTROL their interests!
> The best we can do is make the offer(s).
>
> AND that some people just want to grow the plants! (A Society is,
> after all, all about a flower!)
>
> Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY
>
To those who have contributed to this thread, I would say you are up on all of
the 'tricks' of the trade.
But, a lot of this is 'old hat' and was tried thirty years ago by
some iris societies in Texas. What kind of members do you have
when
that person was conned into joining the society and has to be
reminded every year to renew his membership? He/she may
occasionally warm a seat at a function by coming to get his
freebies or chowing-down with the society (he brought a loaf of
bread but ate your casserole). I don't believe in tricking people into
joining the society by giving them free plants or play money
to bid at an auction or buy at a sale. Of the two societies with
which I am most familiar, I can recall one couple who became a lift-
long members as a result of these types of promotionals. I, too,
remember the headaches with the others. And, to the people who
just wants to grow the plants, God bless them, but leave them
alone.
Let's get new members by placing the product before the
people and letting them decide, not conning them at every turn.
If you were hogtied and were brought kicking and screaming
into the society, I have my doubts as to your becoming a
contributing member.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
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