Re: Re: OT-CHAT TBIS and AIS - looking for positive change

Hi Sandy,

Enjoyed you comments.

You do have a valid question.  The only way to discuss this is an expensive
phone call as you know.  Too bad.

Char, New Berlin, WI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Ives" <rives@rogers.com>
To: "Iris Talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:52 PM
Subject: [iris] Re: OT-CHAT TBIS and AIS - looking for positive change


> Kitty, that was delicately written.
>
> While the topic of insurance is a valid one for the convention, I think
> the subsequent concentration on the insurance question does not advance
> your admirable goals.  There are very specific problems that have been
> discussed in previous years in this forum and others; I absolutely will
> not kick that particular cat unless someone suitably fortifies me with
> liquid painkillers (so, who's buying).
>
> That being said...
>
> There was one simple reason why I didn't join TBIS.  It cost too much.
>  District 16 of the AIS was considered  international.  Still is.
>
> Annual membership for me/my household is 25 USD, that translates into
> almost 50 CAD once the financial charges were settled.  Each year.  No
> triennial memberships allowed.  The American triennial membership is 27
USD.
>
> I made representations to TBIS concerning this issue at the last AIS
> convention they participated in - if only to try to get obtain an
> international triennial membership.  This was not addressed at that
> meeting or at any subsequent ones, despite a promising private
> conversation.  I have posed this problem to various TBIS directors each
> year.  I know it's more expensive to mail materials to Canada, but this
> stuff isn't re-engineering the human genome.  Add a mailing surcharge -
> that's what the AHS does.
>
> There are multiple reasons why I wish I could join TBIS.  The magazine
> is outstanding - the articles are generally interesting, the advertising
> is attractive, and the opportunities for obtaining outstanding
> introductions at excellent prices are mouth-watering.  I get it from
> friends whenever possible.  And that's just the magazine.
>
> So... the positive change that will get my attention is having TBIS
> remedy my specific gripe, or at least respond to it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sandy Ives in Ottawa (who's now in the mood for Wister threads)
>
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