To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] INDIA
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:38:46 -0400
Waite:
I have three new members coming; Heron has four. How many do you have?
Anyone else with a pledge? At $13.00 a membership, we all otta be able to
purchase a couple of memberships for friends. Now, how do we get the dues
raised?
Thanks for your response.
Bruce
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of C. Waite Maclin
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:05 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] INDIA
I also prefer the printed version. And I am interested in continuing to
write articles for the publication. It is by far the most useful and
practical publication for fruit growers I know of. I will be happy to
recruit some members as well. I would also support a raise in the
subscription fee. It is dirt cheap at present. Thank you, Waite Maclin,
Zone 5, Maine.Claude:
>
> Thoughtful piece. I am of the old school. I like the printed journal.
> However, I believe their is middle ground here. Debs' idea of putting
> POMONA
> issues on a CD solves the search issue. But, to me writing an
> article/letter
> is from the heart. It is not a cut and paste 'thing'. I realize there
> has
> been on going discussions about PDF/POMONA but that is not where I am
> going.
> It is easy to type your article and e-mail it to Calloway.
>
> Also, not knowing what kind of members we have it is hard to gage what
> a 38%
> increase in dues ($18.00) would have on the membership. Someone would
> have
> to do the math.
>
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Claude Sweet
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:14 PM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] INDIA
>
>
> Bruce,
>
> Without knowing the number members and the exact cost of printing and
> distributing the 4 publications, it is difficult to state that an
> increase to $18 would solve both the immediate and future deficient.
>
> Fund raising ideas are fine for specific projects, but should not be the
> solution for closing the funding problems for the publications.
>
> Increasing membership is the best short and long term solution; however,
> it does mean using the WWW as a doorway to acquire new members. Those
> of us that use the computer and the web daily prefer to have information
> provided in a searchable format.
>
> I am discarding publications because of a lack of space and the
> associated fire hazard of storing publications older than six months.
> Choosing to convert POMONA to an electronic publication would
> substantially reduce costs while allowing color illustrations to be
> incorporated into NAFEX publications.
>
> In my opinion, demanding people write articles will not generate more
> articles. Efforts to involve researchers write articles should be
> explored. The problem is that many of the people who have acquired the
> expertise are too busy, too tired, or not comfortable putting their
> thoughts down on paper.
>
> A possible solution is to consider having a staff of people who act as
> reporters, digital photographers, illustrators, editors, fact checkers,
> etc. interview people. This is a standard practice, as most garden
> writers are not horticultural experts. My suggestions is to look at the
> skills used to produce a horticultural publication for commercial
> distribution. NAFEX may be a not for profit organization, but it is a
> business and as such it can not continue to operate for long with $5000
> a year losses.
>
> Claude Sweet
>
> Bruce Hansen wrote:
>
>> Claude:
>>
>> We have four issues of POMONA a year. Perhaps we should raise the dues
>> to
>> $18.00 annually and demand that more folk write articles or at least
>> make
> it
>> fun. I think there are many folk who can tell a tale. Also what about
>> raffles etc. I would through 20 bench grafts at the highest bidder.
>>
>> What say you?
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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