RE: Website design/ais foundation

["Christopher Hollinshead" <wolf-com@rogers.com>]

Please... just so you know, the AIS Foundation already has a link to their
own website on the AIS website and has had one for a VERY long time. It is
located on the "Links" page of the AIS website... and it is the very first
item on that page...


Christopher Hollinshead | AIS Website 
3070 Windwood Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2K3
AIS website: www.irises.org  
e-mail: wolf-com@rogers.com
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From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org [mailto:owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
On Behalf Of Robert Pries
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:07 AM
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Website design/ais foundation

Bob I totally agree with all you have said. I hate to admit it but I was
unaware that the foundation even had a website. I have been working on an
article for the AIS Bulletin to fundraise for the AIS restricted fund for
science. It is a selling presentation and hopefully not overstated passed
truthfullness but it is definitely optimistic. I have attached it so that
you are aware and would consider any alterations you suggest. 

The American Iris Society is deficient in many organizational ways,
something I have been working towards correcting. For example we really do
not have a short term and long term strategic plan with definable goals that
are time and cost deliniated. We have been reactive rather than proactive.
Despite our deficiencies we are one of the most successful plant societies a
sad comment on horticulture. I was about to send you an e-mail about a
library plan but discovered it is AIS that is dragging its feet in getting
the committee together. I believe the foundation was originally founded
because of dissatisfaction with AIS's efforts. We have come a long way but
have much further to go. I definitely both organizations should be very
closely allied but still see the value in their being separate. Ecologically
redundancy promotes stability. Greater efficiency is often higher risk. 

Enough philosophizing, whatever I can do to move things along, I will be
glad to consider. I believe we will be creating a special are of our website
for donations and I will make sure the foundation is provided a link at the
least but I would even favor a promo for the foundation on our website and
of course a reciprocal promo on the foundations. Our missions are
fundamentally the same. Thanks Bob (PR chair for AIS)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Hollingworth" <cyberiris@cablespeed.com>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org, "AISdiscuss" <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:15:05 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Website design/ais foundation

Bob -- from the Foundation's viewpoint it would be helpful and appropriate
to have some mention on the AIS website. At the least a link to our website
would be appreciated. In particular it is often confusing for newcomers to
discover that both AIS and the Foundation fund research on irises
independently. We have done a much better job of coordinating that recently,
but it still seems that we could develop a joint application and funding
system that would help eliminate confusion entirely. The planning and
operation of the memorial library activity based on the DuBose funding is
another area where coordinated communication and action is obviously
necessary. We need to start addressing that soon. Thanks for thinking of us!
Bob Hollingworth


At 01:51 PM 8/19/2008, Robert Pries wrote:
>As far as I know there is no part of the AIS website that talks about 
>the AIS foundation. Since the foundation has been working closely with 
>AIS to fund certain science projects and develop the AIS Iris library I 
>would suggest that we work with the foundation to give them a presence 
>on the AIS website. This is only one of many suggestions I could make. 
>The AIS website is or will be our major face to the world in the future 
>and as PR chair I feel it essential to have input on how the society is 
>presented. Bob Pries
>
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