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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: "Martha L. Davis" <martha_davis@earthlink.net>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, Jwlehman@aol.com, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Cc: natelson@pipeline.com, lostman_amiga@yahoo.com, martha_davis@highstream.net
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Electronic Pomonas
  • Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:13:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Martha brings up a good point about the impact of color.

I remember visiting Weeks Roses a few years ago and they said when they
started printing a color catalog it made a much bigger difference than they
had expected in terms of increased sales.

Best,

Anton

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Martha L. Davis" <martha_davis@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Feb 12, 2008 8:41 PM
>To: Jwlehman@aol.com, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Cc: natelson@pipeline.com, lostman_amiga@yahoo.com,
>martha_davis@highstream.net
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Electronic Pomonas
>
> Hi All,
>
>I think The comment I saw about being careful about changing the character
>of the organization requires some careful thought. I have tended not to
>read much of what Dr. Parmar writes because much of it seems so irrelevant
>to me or there is not enough info to tell whether it is relevant or not. Do
>we need to try and stay within certain climatic limits and if so what are
>they? I read and enjoy the California rare fruit grower magazine partly
>because some of it is useful and the other part seems like fruit tourism.
>However some of that is due to the color photos that Pomona doesn't have.
>
>Martha
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jwlehman@aol.com
>>Sent: Feb 12, 2008 3:16 PM
>>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>>Cc: natelson@pipeline.com, lostman_amiga@yahoo.com,
>>martha_davis@highstream.net
>>Subject: Electronic Pomonas
>>
>>Hi Barry,
>>
>>Five minutes after I sent this you e/m came.
>>
>>Here is want Nate, Martha, Robert I & started discussing. We should bring
>>you
>>into the conversation also.
>>
>>Nate wrote and I insereted in blue.
>>
>>> Of the other suggestions, I think we do need to have an online version
>>> for
>>> people abroad who want to join but think the subscription price per year
>>> is
>>> too high. I would be easy to put Pomona into pdf, and mail it to the
>>> Mulla
>>> Omar, for example, who has paid a 5 or 10$ a year subscription. The
>>> problem
>>> would be how to prevent the Mulla from then sending it to all the people
>>> in
>>> his village for free, or back to the United States or Canada at a cut
>>> rate to
>>> people who want it here. Essentially, that is what is done in China with
>>> CDs.
>>> I share the same concern. How long would it be before we found out if
>>> such
>>> were going on? We could try it and if that became a problem simply cancel
>>> that
>>> member's membership (then another might take his place) or even the
>>> program
>>> of electronic Pomona's. But I believe Jackie can create PDF's just by the
>>> push of the button. How about just sending it on a disk? Still an
>>> unscrupulous
>>> character could also copy it electronically and e/m out.
>>
>>I'd have no problem giving it a try and make it known the program is
>>subject
>>to cancellation with maybe six months notice. Having more members
>>especially
>>foreign members might increase the number of articles. But I really doubt
>>that
>>as most would be afraid of their authoring abilities in English.
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>>
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