Re: [AISdiscuss] A Membership Idea

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Excellent Idea, Clarence!
     I'll bring it to the Board Meeting in KC, if someone doesn't beat me to
it!
     Cheers,
     Jeanne
In a message dated 11/1/06 1:34:19 AM, CEMahan@aol.com writes:


> The best target opportunity for increasing AIS membership are people  who
> have leisure time and ample financial resources to use for leisure 
> activities.
> That group of people is the recipient of the largest  circulation magazine
> in
> the US, namely the AARP Magazine.
>
> After an article appeared in our local Fairfax County newspaper about the 
> problem of people who retire without planning for their retirement
> activities 
> and how bored such people can become, I wrote a letter to the paper about
> the 
> opportunity for enjoying membership in a plant society, using AIS as the 
> example.  As a result of my letter, we gained about a dozen new AIS 
> members. I
> tell you this only because it illustrates what potential AARP  represents
> for
> AIS.
>
> I suggest that the Board find someone to contact the AARP editors and 
> propose an article on irises as a hobby activity for retirement.  I do  not
> have the
> time at present or I would do it. Editors are always looking  for good
> articles with pretty pictures, and getting the editors to express the  type
> of
> article they would like would go a long way to making sure the article  was
> accepted for publication.
>
> This is just an idea. Use it or ignore it, I shall not be offended. Just 
> trying to be useful. Have fun at the fall Board meeting. I shall be there
> in 
> spirit. Clarence

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