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  • From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch_mnd@dataone.in>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: natelson@pipeline.com, lostman_amiga@yahoo.com
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Membership
  • Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:48:50 +0530

I am a NAFEX Member for the past 21 years and have been watching it. I had also attended the 2004 NAFEX Meeting at Columbia.

Yes, the NAFEX membership is declining and it should be a matter of concern for everyone.

My suggestion is that the NAFEX should change its outlook. It should not remain NORTH AMERICAN but should turn ALL WORLD FRUIT EXPLORERS. This is the age of globalization and the world is shrinking. So NAFEX should try to have members from ALL parts of the world. Now fruit exploration is not limited to one continent.

The factor which is going to obstruct member enrolment from developing countries is the exorbitantly high price of US dollar in developing countries. Forty dollars is a quite big sum even for university professors from several Asian, European and African countries. So something should be thought about this. Moreover, in many countries, it is nearly impossible to remit subscriptions in foreign exchange.

I had raised this point at the NAFEX Board of Directors Meeting at Columbia. I had also discussed this point individually with few members who were there.

I once again suggest to find some way of having members from other countries too. I do not think that conservative policy is going to be good for the health of NAFEX.

I have some sort of emotional attachment with NAFEX and feel greatly obliged to this organization. That is the reason I am continuing my membership otherwise I also find it VERY expensive.

Dr. Chiranjit Parmar

Chiranjit Parmar
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Membership


Last week you were talking about not having enough members in NAFEX. It
just now occurred to me that I found NAFEX by Googling a subject that took
me into the archives. I liked what I read, looked up more than went hunting
to join the group that was behind it. Then, a few years back, the archives
were closed so only members could access them.
Hey! Talk about getting the word out and for free. How many other
folks would join NAFEX if they stumbled/Googled into the archives like I
did?

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
For jams, jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(877)265-6856 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]

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