Re: [AISdiscuss] [Fwd: Calendars??]

["William Plotner" <gardens@molalla.net>]

I'll leave the financial part to those who are working with it.

But the main purpose of the Calendars are to promote the AIS.   So I think
whom ever produces a calendar or whatever photos are put into it that we
should  include an invitation to Join the Society and an address of where to
send it; or a downright membership application.

As to the photos I think that more tried and true Irises should be included,
for instance just taking winners of the Section Awards would make an easy
twenty photo's as there are 8 sections and 2 co-operating societies this
should be fairly easy.  In this case it does not matter whether they are
yours or someone elses as long as they are not eligable for further awards.

All My Best

Will


----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Aitken" <terry@flowerfantasy.net>
To: <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: [AISdiscuss] [Fwd: Calendars??]


> Hi Board members
>
>     I have been contacted by Turner Publishing about a 2007 calendar.
> Are we (AIS) interested? If so, with 2006 calendar samples in hand, they
> would like to start work to see if they can get the 2007's into general
> distribution through the "wholesale system".
>     I have recieved absolutely NO FEEDBACK - good or bad - about the
> subject. I think John Ludi is not happy trying to deal with questions
> about 2 calendars and I need to know more about that. "Confusion" about
> where to order has to be part of it.
>     For my part, I took both caledars into our local garden center
> before Christmas. Both calendars sold.(The smaller ones sold for $10.00,
> the bigger ones for $15.00. My impression, when I saw the calendar on a
> store shelf, was that it needed to have a flashier, more exotic picture
> on the cover to compete for attention with other store items. I think we
> can accomplish that task.
>     While I had hoped to gather a new batch of pictures before getting
> back into this project, I am reasonably certain that I can round up
> another 20 pictures of a similar quality and diversity. (I can add
> rebloom subjects to the mix). I intentionally avoided using my own
> hybrids as subjects - with one exception. (A political consideration).
> Question - how would the board feel about my using 1 or 2 of my own
> plants? I have a spectacular JI picture for one (LADY IN PINK  Aitken
> '06) and another of CODE RED (TB) that do add a lot to the color
> spectrum that we have to deal with. (I think I can send jpeg files by
> e-mail if anyone wants to see them)
>     OK, people let me have your thoughts on this subject. I have the
> hide of an elephant so dont hold back.
> Terry
>
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