Re: [AISdiscuss] E-memberships

[Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>]

Terry: these are some wonderful thoughts. It seems
e-memberships have an awful lot to offer and my
imagination of what is possible runs wild. I like your
idea of involving kids,with an on-line symposium. We
might even be able to develop some interactive
components. Design your own Irissee if it is
possible!!. People could nominate and vote for the
most durable Iris, or the most exotic, etc. etc. They
could submit their own pictures. On-line photo
contests could be fun. Before we get too carried away
maybe we need to be looking for some additional
webmasters to aid in this new workload. Maybe John
needs a whole team. Of course he was able to get the
online registrations in place (no small task), I have
confidence he could handle this. Before we start
accepting e-memberships it would be nice to have a
number of benefits in place so no one would be
disappointed. I would guess this might take some time,
seems like we need a plan.

--- Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net> wrote:

> I'm back! Hi all.
> Just speculating on the impact that e-members might
> have on membership.
> INTERNATIONAL? Eliminating the exhorbitant mailing
> cost and time delays 
> of sending hard copies around the world. I suspect
> that we would almost 
> immediately double, triple, quadruple our
> international memberships. We 
> would not have to charge them extra (overseas
> shipping) for 
> participating. We could become a "world iris
> society" without even 
> knowing it.
> INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS? Some of this is
> happening now, especially 
> from Japan. When I type a message to someone in
> Japan and a whole bunch 
> of strange symbols show up on the screen, it is
> really spooky. This 
> could happen with articles. Our E-Bulletin could
> have international 
> translations. Sometimes they sound funny but I even
> appreciate that.
> YOUTH MEMBERS? My grandkids are better on a computer
> than I am. The 
> younger generation is firmly tuned into this type of
> communication. 
> Reduced rates for youth e-members would be easy.
> VOTING RIGHTS? Eventually, we could have a push
> button symposium on 
> line? Maybe even a judges ballot?
> COST OF HARD COPIES? Probably traditional
> memberships will drop. This 
> will increase the unit cost of publishing
> traditional bulletins. 
> E-memberships would have to cover the increased
> costs? Should not be a 
> problem.
> SHOPPING CARTS.?  For paying memberships; buying
> supplies for shows or 
> from the storefront. Others??
> OTHERS?-Uncle  Roy would even get his bulletin in
> the same year as the 
> rest of us?  Just kidding Roy!
> -What we need now is a web-guy/gal guru who doesn't
> sleep!
> Have a good night, sleep tight.
>  Terry
> The garden looked great today during a dry moment.
> Cleanup is under way. 
> All is well in the NW!
> 
> Jill Bonino wrote:
> 
> > This is great discussion....
> 
>
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