Re: AIS Photo Contest, award rhizomes, shipping overseas

[Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>]

I was real surprized to see a post I made in September appear again in December, I am happy to respond to new information but a little taken aback to see a post I made 3 monthes before. I still believe the photo contest chair has authority to do what they feel is best and that it is only a curtesy to inform the board of what they are thinking. I suppose not much has changed from the original post, but it was a shock to see it come up again as if I had just posted it. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Pries" <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 12:03:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] AIS Photo Contest, award rhizomes, shipping overseas

My computer has been down for about 4 weeks but I back and catching up slowly on e-mails. I believe every committee has a budget allotted and if the photo committee has not greatly exceeded that budget their should be no need for a vote of the board on $30. I think a membership extension seems like a good plan, I assume some money had been already allotted for prizes so changing to a year membership does not seem like an unreasonable switch, especially since shipping overseas is a hassle and done properly the phytosanitary certificate would be $25 itself let alone the shipping and the cost of a plant. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Loberg" <iris.loberg@comcast.net>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2009 2:58:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: Fw: [AISdiscuss] AIS Photo Contest, award rhizomes, shipping overseas

    After a couple of email discussions with our overseas Photo Contest Winner
in Spain, he has said
"I am so delighted to have won the runner up prize in your competition, that I
am not at all concerned about the 'prize'.  For me just winning is quite
enough as photography is something I have always enjoyed."

I have asked him specifically about an alternative award of an AIS membership
or extension, and his response indicates his wife has a 3 year AIS membership
and he would be agreeable to accept some sort of extension of her membership.

Would it be acceptable to all that we give him his Runner-Up award as a one
(1) year extension to his wife's 3 year AIS membership?  By concensus can we
agree to do this, or does it have to be some sort of vote?

Thanks.
Kitty Loberg
AIS Photo Contest Chairperson

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