Re: [AISdiscuss] E-memberships

["Deatons" <deatons@earthlink.net>]

Hello everyone!  The use of the internet by youth members would be a
wonderful thing.  I have been approached by someone in France, interested in
possibly starting a youth program there, and also a Pen Pal program -
translation was one of the problems mentioned.  This would be a wonderful
new era for AIS and the youth program if someone more internet savvy than I
am could look into it.
Cheryl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robt R Pries" <rpries@sbcglobal.net>
To: <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] E-memberships


> Terry: these are some wonderful thoughts. It seems
> e-memberships have an awful lot to offer and my
> imagination of what is possible runs wild. I like your
> idea of involving kids,with an on-line symposium. We
> might even be able to develop some interactive
> components. Design your own Irissee if it is
> possible!!. People could nominate and vote for the
> most durable Iris, or the most exotic, etc. etc. They
> could submit their own pictures. On-line photo
> contests could be fun. Before we get too carried away
> maybe we need to be looking for some additional
> webmasters to aid in this new workload. Maybe John
> needs a whole team. Of course he was able to get the
> online registrations in place (no small task), I have
> confidence he could handle this. Before we start
> accepting e-memberships it would be nice to have a
> number of benefits in place so no one would be
> disappointed. I would guess this might take some time,
> seems like we need a plan.
>
> --- Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm back! Hi all.
> > Just speculating on the impact that e-members might
> > have on membership.
> > INTERNATIONAL? Eliminating the exhorbitant mailing
> > cost and time delays
> > of sending hard copies around the world. I suspect
> > that we would almost
> > immediately double, triple, quadruple our
> > international memberships. We
> > would not have to charge them extra (overseas
> > shipping) for
> > participating. We could become a "world iris
> > society" without even
> > knowing it.
> > INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS? Some of this is
> > happening now, especially
> > from Japan. When I type a message to someone in
> > Japan and a whole bunch
> > of strange symbols show up on the screen, it is
> > really spooky. This
> > could happen with articles. Our E-Bulletin could
> > have international
> > translations. Sometimes they sound funny but I even
> > appreciate that.
> > YOUTH MEMBERS? My grandkids are better on a computer
> > than I am. The
> > younger generation is firmly tuned into this type of
> > communication.
> > Reduced rates for youth e-members would be easy.
> > VOTING RIGHTS? Eventually, we could have a push
> > button symposium on
> > line? Maybe even a judges ballot?
> > COST OF HARD COPIES? Probably traditional
> > memberships will drop. This
> > will increase the unit cost of publishing
> > traditional bulletins.
> > E-memberships would have to cover the increased
> > costs? Should not be a
> > problem.
> > SHOPPING CARTS.?  For paying memberships; buying
> > supplies for shows or
> > from the storefront. Others??
> > OTHERS?-Uncle  Roy would even get his bulletin in
> > the same year as the
> > rest of us?  Just kidding Roy!
> > -What we need now is a web-guy/gal guru who doesn't
> > sleep!
> > Have a good night, sleep tight.
> >  Terry
> > The garden looked great today during a dry moment.
> > Cleanup is under way.
> > All is well in the NW!
> >
> > Jill Bonino wrote:
> >
> > > This is great discussion....
> >
> >
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