Re: Happy Birthday

[Jody Nolin <835963e01@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

Hard to believe that it's been that long!  Great work and most valuable
information.  Nicely done, Bob.

Jody Nolin


On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Jeanne Plank <
67cbbc781@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:

> I loudly and gratefully add my voice to the chorus of congratulations and
> thanks being extended  to Bob Pries for one of the AIS's most laudable
> asset!! Thank you, thank you, Bob, for your dedication and determination,
> and to the AIS member-encyclopedia-contributors for joining in!
>       Jeanne Clay Plank
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 22, 2014, at 5:51 AM, Susan Grigg <101d@rewrite.aisboard.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Happy Birthday to the Iris Encyclopedia and "Thank you" to the Parent,
> Bob Pries, and to all the contributors who make the wiki such a great
> resource for the world! You have given AIS a great gift.
> >
> > Susan Grigg
> >
> > On 8/22/2014 8:40 AM, Robert Pries wrote:
> >> August is The Iris Encyclopediab s Birth Month. It is a rambunctious 5
> year
> >> old. Happy Birthday wiki! There is fair evidence that more people now
> seek
> >> their iris information from our wiki than from Daveb s Garden another
> wiki.
> >> Within the last year use has grown 36% and continues to grow. People
> from the
> >> whole world contribute to the wiki and use it. It should be a source of
> pride
> >> for AIS to be providing this service.
> >>
> >> In 1920 John Wister, president of the new AIS, wrote of creating an AIS
> >> library. He wrote at length of what it should contain and hoped that it
> would
> >> be a traveling library, so that many could look into it. Little would
> he know
> >> that we can now bring great parts of the AIS library to the entire
> world via
> >> the wiki.
> >>
> >> The early AIS also paid subscriptions to The Flower Grower for all its
> >> members. In turn The Flower Grower published many articles on Iris and
> the
> >> Iris Society each issue serving as the Societies monthly newsletter on
> top of
> >> the AIS Bulletin. Today we have News & Notes. B  B  The Flower Grower
> also
> >> served as a monthly forum for the Gladiolus Society and the Rose
> Society. The
> >> hot b newb  idea for non-profits today is b partneringb . It is ironic
> >> that AIS did this from its beginnings.
> >>
> >> I think this is a lesson in what can be accomplished when we work
> together.
> >> The 650 plus contributors to the Encyclopedia can be proud of what they
> are
> >> achieving. We welcome everyone to help. It will not be long before the
> >> Encyclopedia will be celebrating 10 years and that will be the same
> time that
> >> AIS is 100 years old. Think about how you would want the future to look
> and
> >> help us record it on the Encyclopedia!
> >> --
> >>
> >> Bob Pries
> >> Zone 7a
> >> Roxboro, NC
> >> (336)597-8805
> >>
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