Re: Bulletin Discussion, Again

[Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net>]

Hi All
Anner is way out in left field - which is a strange place to find her?
The advisory committee was set up among any volunteers at the board 
meeting with an expressed interest in the subject of bulletin content. 
Primarily, it was an informal "chat group" (we never even assigned a 
chair position.) who were to look at the member survey that Bob Pries 
had worked up for St. Louis convention. We examined survey responses to 
see if there were areas of member interest that should be cultivated and 
added to bulletin topics. We did discuss the concept of finding 
additional helpers to ease the load on the editor by tackling any 
additional areas of interest. The thrust of the committee was to find 
topics of general interest that might generate more member interest. 
There was an examination of current bulletin content to see if content 
could be less "bureaucratic" and more "user friendly"  to the  general 
membership. There was nothing hostile to the editor or previous editor 
that I could see. Some subtle changes have occurred and some ideas are 
still floating around looking for a place to blossom forth. Some ideas 
take time to develop.
This should be viewed as an open invitation for anybody to offer 
suggestions about CONTENT, what "they" would like to see in the bulletin 
that might be viewed as a complimentary direction. The committee tried 
to quantify responses from the survey although that was difficult.
Summary - I don't see anything threatening or overbearing from this 
committee.
Anner's comments on the BIS yearbook sound right. Over the course of 4 
quarterly bulletins, we certainly have more content and probably more 
diverse content than BIS. This is not a criticism of BIS. We just cover 
a whole lot of geographical conditions world wide.
I believe there will be a book review in the Jan. Bull. which should be 
ready to go in the mail right now.
Back to work!
Terry

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