Hi Bob:
I don't think that I ever suggested that there was an effort to exclude
us from the bulletin, but rather that we were hurting ourselves by our
lack of a publicity person. In fact Jim Morris invited SSI to
submit a section article for the AIS bulletin and I accepted his
invitation in April of this year.
Judy
Judy;
There are many people on the AIS board who grow and
enjoy Siberians. I don't believe there is any effort
to exclude Siberians from the bulletin. I would
suggest that the problem is more a lack of interesting
articles being submitted. One can't print what one
doesn't have in hand. I would love to see an article
on siberians in the perennial border. Unfortunately I
cannot remember seeing many picures from Irisarians of
Siberians in a perennial border. Therefore it is hard
to create an effective article. For there to be really
good articles there needs to be forethought and
planning sometimes for a year in advance. I am certain
I could find gardening journals that would print
articles on Siberians as ideal border plants, but
first one must see a number of perennial borders where
siberians were use effectively with other perennials
and have the pictures to support that.
--- Judy Hollingworth
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cyberiris@cablespeed.com>
wrote:
>
> >Hi Everyone:
>
> As the new president of SSI i feel that we are
> really hurting as a
> society because we do not have anyone in charge of
> publicity or with
> an in to the AIS powers that be to get us much
> coverage in the AIS
> bulletins. For a start we need someone willing to
> browse regional,
> local and international newsletters for interesting
> tidbits to feed
> to AIS and to SSI for that matter.
>
> If you think this isn't important - look what
> prominence the Median
> Society has acheived - putting out a spectacular
> 50th Anniversary
> magazine, creating the Ben Hager Cup for AIS
> Conventions - a special
> article on medians in the current AIS Bulletin in
> addition to
> excellent coverage in the garden writeups. ( The
> only mention of sibs
> that I found in the July Bulletin is one line on
> page 76 )!!!
>
> Excitement breeds excitement and we really need to
> generate some.
> Despite many overtures we still do not have anyone
> willing to take on
> the job of editor of SSI. We really need to get
> moving - we have
> started with an upgrading of our website.
>
> So if I haven't contacted you about either the
> publicity or editor's
> job - please don't take it personally - I probably
> didn't know you
> were available - contact me ASAP.
>
> Also sibrob is an excellent forum for a discussion
> of goals for SSI
> -pleeeeeeeeeeeeease give it some thought and let's
> get talking.
>
> Cheers Judy
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