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["Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch_mnd@dataone.in>]

I do not think there is any need to change the name.  NAFEX is also like an 
old brand name with good credibility.

It is also a good idea to also have a PDF edition of Pomona.  California 
Rarefruit Growers are already doing it with their magazine Fruit Gardener. 
I get the PDF edition.

Having NAFEX offices in other countries, like the International Society for 
Horticultural Science,  should also be given a thought.

Chiranjit Parmar
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MARIE ASHTON" <bwoodtx@verizon.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Membership


> If you are going to open up NAFEX to world members, which I think is a 
> good
> idea, you may want to consider changing the name to Fruit Explorers of the
> World - FEW. Like William stated you change with the times and more 
> forward.
> I know that NAFEX as a name has a long and revered history but just 
> consider
> a world-wide name for a moment. I know that change is hard in anything but
> new members would be nice and the information they would bring to the 
> table
> would be even nicer. Just think of what new members for example from 
> England
> could bring to the table about apple varieties and cultural practices.
>
> It should be fairly easy to send out Pomona as a e-mail attachment in PDF
> file form to members that are out-of- country. You have to get it to some
> form just to print our paper copies. You could make the PDF Pomona a lower
> membership rate as it does not cost anything to send it out, just a little
> extra time in preparing the PDF file. That should satisfy the 
> international
> members.
>
> There already is a world-wide professional horticultural organization, why
> not a small grower organization. There are a lot of things that some of
> these foreign fruit growers have knowledge of that might be of great
> interest to all of us.
>
> As some of you know, I have been working with pomegranates for some time 
> now
> and a lot of the good information has came from foreign sources (as well 
> as
> hands on experience). We now have a world-wide pomegranate organization 
> that
> has just started in the last few months. There is great interest and
> membership is growing fast. This is just a example of what is possible.
>
> Just something to think about. I like NAFEX like it is now but everything
> changes as all of us should know better than most.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Ashton
> Oak Creek Orchard
> www.oakcreekorchard.com
> bwoodtx@verizon.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Membership
>
>
> > > I did not mean that NAFEX should change the name.  However, the outlook
> > > and policy should change in accordance with time.
> >
> >
> > Yes, you either move forward or you die. Clearly, when it comes to
> > communication at a distance, the Internet is the future. Eventually, I
> > suppose that paper copies will cease and everything will go by email.
> > Not yet, of course. There are plenty of members who don't have email,
> > I'm sure. But that's the direction things are going. It's just so much
> > cheaper and easier. (But I have no idea how long that will take, and I'm
> > not urging a current change like that.)
> >
> > Still, NAFEX might consider an email-only membership for those who are
> > outside North America. I don't know how "Pomona" is put together,
> > whether or not it could easily be emailed, too. If not, then
> > international memberships might not get that publication (I imagine that
> > the mailing costs would be considerable). But though the focus would
> > probably remain with North America, international memberships offer a
> > lot to a group like ours. I'm sure we're all well aware of that.
> >
> > An organization has to look to the future or fade with the past. This
> > certainly does *not* mean ignoring long-time or older members, the
> > foundation of the group. It just means that times change and
> > organizations must change with them. There must be a reason, after all,
> > why NAFEX is HALF the size it used to be.
> >
> > Just some thoughts...
> >
> > Bill
> > Lincoln, NE
> >
> > --
> > There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out. -
> > Richard Dawkins
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