[OGD] AOS Membership Special

I’m trying to get the word out regarding the new AOS membership special and I can use your help. From now through March 31st, new members can join for $49.95/yr or $99.95 for two years. Current members may extend their membership at the $99.95/2 year rate. While the $5 rebate to the sponsoring s

[OGD] AOS Membership

Dear Friends, I, for one, am satisfied with my long-standing membership in the AOS, and I just signed up for another two years. I'm sorry that I'm becoming a minority, but I'm convinced the magazine is every bit as good as it was 28 years ago when I first joined. I know, because I still have

[OGD] AOS membership decline

Refreshing to realize that even though in the minority there are others who agree. Yes the censorship is amazing. Their monitor must have been trained in the Bush White House. Absolutely nothing of a controversial or thought provoking nature gets by. It's all just ooh and aahs about your ne

Re: [OGD] AOS Membership freefall!

I have to disagree with your statement, Andy, that "No-one with any orchid savvy wastes time with the AOS Forum ". I feel that I have some degree of "orchid savvy", and I spend a fair amount of time there, trying to bring some logical, scientific understanding of "what's really going on" to the

Re: [OGD] AOS membership decline

On 9 Jan 2007 at 8:32, Li'l Frog wrote: > > And 75% of the rest are pictures by semi-commercial growers, and ooohs > and aaahs over the pictures. I can´t remember when an idea was > expressed last. The forum hasn´t had an opinion about the AOS > expressed since the new format. The web censor ta

Re: [OGD] AOS membership decline

On 9 Jan 2007 at 9:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lee touts the 20,000 posts and ignores the fact that 10% of the posts are by > one person who doesn't have a clue but feels it's her mission to coddle every > new beginner with  a message of love and understanding. Hey thanks, Merv. You've mad

Re: [OGD] AOS Membership freefall!

HALLELUJAH! Andy, L'il Frog and merv are on track. We aren't the only ones who decided that the AOS mag-rag "Orchids" is worthless to experienced growers! I began AOS membership in 1979. I ended it in 1991. I get FAR better information from my local orchid society newsletter at $20 per

[OGD] AOS Membership freefall!

Yes Merv and Li'l Frog, You are so right! No-one with any orchid savvy wastes time with the AOS Forum any more. When I spoke at an area orchid society recently and predicted many more closures of established orchid nurseries, I was taken to task by several of the members. I said it will contin

Re: [OGD] AOS membership decline

MAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 8:21 AM To: orchids@orchidguide.com Subject: [OGD] AOS membership decline This shouldn't be a surprise to those of us old enough to remember just how valuable a resource this was up until about 1995. The power decided to ignore their base and

[OGD] AOS membership decline

This shouldn't be a surprise to those of us old enough to remember just how valuable a resource this was up until about 1995. The power decided to ignore their base and target the beginner with one phalaenopsis. "Orchids" became more and more just a lovely photo-shopped publication and droppe

[OGD] AOS membership.

Sorry to bring a touch of reality to the AOS report but the current membership is below 19,000 and continuing to fall. Some people believe that the ill-advised increase in membership dues under the previous slate of officers led by Art Moore is a major factor in this serious and maybe irreversib

[OGD] AOS Membership

In OGD 358, Bill Bergstrom said: In response to Epstein's remarks..though well intended perhaps..not nearly complete enough to spark any more conflict in regards to the status of the AOS...Here is the message from Lee Cooke to me this morning..." Simply put, werre1,049 members better than where we

[OGD] AOS Membership

According to the forms 990 the AOS membership total receipts from dues and assessments has remained fairly constant from 1998 to 2001. This is in spite of regular increases in dues. I paid, for a two year membership, $65 in 1998, $72 in 2000 and 2002, and $84 in 2004. Over the same period pled

[OGD] AOS membership levels

The decline and subsequent increase in AOS membership is not hockus pockus. If you talk to people in most societies, probably 80% that belong or have belonged to the AOS do so solely because of the AOS Bulletin/Orchids magazine. They see the membership as a freebie that comes with the subscription.