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

Sandy and all International iris-talkers:

An alternative solution for the interim:  The Memberships can be purchased by
an Organization as well.  I don't know the International fee for an
organization, but perhaps your local iris society could subscribe and share.
I know our local iris society subscribes to many sections and affiliations. I
am now putting together a library for the members to check out these
publications.

Or, perhaps several of your friends and yourself can pool money together for
one subscription and share.

Just a thought...


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Sandy Ives
  To: Iris Talk
  Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 12:52 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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