Re: [AISdiscuss] Putting 'Basic Iris Culture' booklet on the AIS web page

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

The idea that information on the web is free is phony.
It takes people a lot of time to produce the material.
It takes the cost of a server to send it and it takes
someones time to put it on the website. There is no
free lunch. If we are to maintain a society that can
offer the multitude of things we offer we have to have
someone supporting the underlying structure by being a
member. It is true that a lot is put out on the web
for free but much also disappears for lack of the
structures that sustain it. Those structures are
supported by membership. If we give everything away
there will soon be much less structure to support
those gifts. 

--- Loberg <loberg@adelphia.net> wrote:

> "The Basic Iris Culture booklet is sent to each new 
> member as part of their 
> new members packet. So encourage them to join AIS
> and  they will get it 
> free. Joyce  Poling"
> 
> It's terrific that our new members are getting the
> booklet, however, of the 
> hundreds which stream through our shows, we're lucky
> to get 5-10 new club 
> members, and often they take several years to become
> interested in AIS.  I 
> think many of our new club members which become
> solid members, are ones who 
> successfully learn to grow irises.  Putting culture
> tools at people's 
> fingertips makes better growers, that's one of my
> mottos.  I'm suggesting we 
> get expanded culture information on the AIS web
> page, where it is readily 
> available to the beginning and average grower.   I
> figured our booklet would 
> be a good place to start.
> 
> "I agree, for the members only portion.  We have to
> be careful about  giving 
> away for free the things we charge for in
> publications. Jim M."
> 
> We don't charge for the culture information, we
> charge for the cost of 
> printing it.   It would save volunteers time to NOT
> have produce it, store 
> it, and to mail this booklet, if one can print it
> (or view it) oneself from 
> the internet, and in the long run, it will save AIS
> costs.   And it wouldn't 
> mean we couldn't still have it available in hard
> copy.
> 
> Kitty
> 
>
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