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  • From: "J. Rosano II" <GIANNI-2@prodigy.net>
  • To: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@vsnl.com>, "NAFEXer's" <nafex@egroups.com>
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: Forward this message too.
  • Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 12:52:38 -0400

Dear Folks:

I received this from Dr. Parmar and am following his wishes,
Best wishes,
John

> "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" wrote:
>
> Dear John,
>
> Please forward the following message to NAFEX, for some reason
> my messages will not get through.
>
> C. PARMAR
>
>
> MESSAGE
>
>
> 6 October, 2000.
>
> Dear list members,
>
> I was very sorry to note that one of my messages was interpreted by some
> members as Spam
> mail. I had sent this message as my usual intention of promoting lesser
> known,
> underexploited useful plants which I am doing for the past several years
> and which is very
> much within the primary objectives of NAFEX.
>
> I am a member of NAFEX for the past 13 years. I am the NAFEX consultant
> for Central Asia
> and every month keep receiving 3-4 letters from members seeking information
> about such
> plants. I reply such letters religiously and try to do my best to provide
> the requisite
> information. I have a few hundred letters in my files which I have
> received from NAFEX
> members during all these years. The e-mail has come very recently in
> India. Earlier it
> was all by postal mail.
>
> I have written some articles on Himalayan wild fruits in POMONA which
> evoked great
> response from readers. I received hundreds of letters from readers(My wife
> calls these
> lessers my fan mail). I have supplied seeds of new fruits to several
> growers in the US
> and I am pleased to learn that the plants from them have started bearing
> fruits.
>
> I do not know what "disappointing experience" did Mr. Hector Black have
> with me. I have
> atleast 500 letters of appreciation and thanks from NAFEX members.
>
> Mr. Black feels that I do it for a fee. Yes I do ask for a personal check
> for five
> dollars(the currency is stolen) to cover the collection and forwarding
> costs of the
> seeds. Let Mr. Black know that this personal check for five dollars is
> sent by my bank at
> Mandi to the bank of its origin in the US for clearing and then it comes
> back to Mandi
> from there. This process takes minimum three months. The banks deduct a
> charge for the
> to and fro postage(By registered post) and collection charge. Nearly 4
> dollars are gone
> in this process and I get one dollar after three months. Then I send
> replacements to many
> whose seed are lost in transit or even where the germination fails. There
> are instances
> where I have sent seeds to single person upto three times.
>
> Moreover the fruits whose seed I send, do not grow in my garden. These are
> mostly wild
> growing plants and I have arrange their collection through paid workers.
> Is one dollar
> too high a fee for this? Do you still think that I am acting commercial?
>
> I think the problem arose with the format of this particular e-mail which
> looked like an
> advertisement. From my side, I wanted to make to more brief, simple and
> communicative but
> some persons thought that I was advertising my products.
>
> With my best regards to all list members,
>
> Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
> Horticultural Consultant on Lesser Known Indian Plants
> 186/3 Jail Road
> Mandi HP 175 001 INDIA
> Phone;(01905)22810 Fax:(01905)25419
> E-mail: parmarch@vsnl.com

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