RE: Decline is not innevitable

["Terry Aitken" <terry@flowerfantasy.net>]

Hi All
I am inclined to agree with Clarence on this one. Grass roots growth has
much potential.
Ted Baker has over 170 members within the last 3 years up in British
Columbia.
The orchid society that I joined has about 100 members within 3 years while
the older Oregon orchid Society is dwindling. There are management issues
that go with that one.
Terry

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Changing the size of the Bulletin or the designation from month of issue to
the season will neither attract not one new member. Nor will it prompt any
member to renew his/her membership. The?most effective approaches?to gaining
new members?are organizing more local societies, having iris shows and
rhizome sales at places that attract large crowds, having fall iris shows,
and getting garden writers for local papers to write article about irises
and AIS. After you gain a new member, ask him/her to be a clerk at a show or
do another job at a show or sale...i.e. involve them. All written, in my
humble opinion, of course.:)


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
To: AISdiscuss <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Sat, Aug 1, 2009 5:13 pm
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Decline is not innevitable



I hear too often that plant societies are in decline as if this were just
the
innevitable situation in todays present economy. Of course this is not true.
The plant societies that have refused to change are in decline, yes,B and
this
is a majority. but there are many examples of where plant or gardening
societies have made changes and are beginning to show growth again. Of
course
some have made shanges but they still have problems, perhaps because they
haven't changed enough and others have seemed to get much right quickly and
are really growing rapidly. And then there are those who refused to change
but
balme their failure on society not caring anymore. I don't believe we should
view ourselves as in competition with any of these groups. I do think that
paying attention to their successes and failuresB can help us analyze our
own
situation. I am afraid the desire to keep everything the same may try to
justify that position by saying that all is hopeless. it is not. It may not
be
easy, but we really have no excuse for own present situation than our own
lack
of determination to be all that we can be as they say in the army ads.

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