Re: AIS: Reminder: Please contribute to the HIPS Rhizome sale!

In a message dated 5/11/2006 7:34:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
richter@eecs.berkeley.edu writes:

<<IMPORTANT! In order to advertise which varieties we will have  available
in the upcoming issue of ROOTS, please send your list of proposed  
contributions 
by Monday, May 15!

Thanks very much for supporting  HIPS!>>


Ms. Richter, you are the Secretary of HIPS, and I am a longtime member with  
a documented record of supporting the organization; I have a question for  
you. 
 
I need to know exactly when the next issue of ROOTS is slated to be mailed  
out to the membership. It seems to me that since you are soliciting time  
sensitive input--and plants--you should have this information readily at  hand.
 
I need to know because at the end of this month I am giving an  Iris 
presentation at the annual Open House at the Thomas Jefferson Center for  Historic 
Plants in Charlottesville, Virginia. I am honored to have been  asked to be part 
of this event, and in better times, I'd be  preparing to beat the drum very 
loudly, for HIPS, as I have at  other events sponsored by the Center, which is, 
incidentally, a HIPS Display  Garden.
 
Unfortunately, with no ROOTS in a year, and no clue as to what is  going on 
or what is being done to alleviate the situation, I find myself in  a quandary. 
And yes, I did receive that form letter in which you  announced the slate and 
asked the membership to donate rhizomes. 
 
My quandary, you see, is that in these circumstances I don't  think it would 
be appropriate to make positive representations to potential  new members. I 
can, of course, simply expunge the name of HIPS  from the passout sheets I am 
drafting then hope for the best, but  I thought before doing that I would ask 
if you might have  some useful information for me, and for any other supportive 
HIPS  members in an ethical quandary with regard to recruitment this  season.
 
Thank you.
 
Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA 

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