Dear Dr. Parmar,
Thank you for your comments. Actually, changing the name of an
organization with tax exempt status and a charter in Illinois is no simple
matter and would occupy many hours of paperwork and correspondence. I
think it would be much easier to try harder to recruit international
membership, which we have always had, albeit in small numbers. We also
would like to raise some money to support our dormant research fund and
interest members in doing small but useful projects. The membership costs
are all relative - less than one tank of gas in the United States, but
perhaps some accomodation might be made for members abroad.
Regards, Ethan
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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>; Jerry Lehman <Jwlehman@aol.com>;
Date: 2/10/2008 8:56:22 PMhad
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Membership
I am a NAFEX Member for the past 21 years and have been watching it. I
also attended the 2004 NAFEX Meeting at Columbia.concern
Yes, the NAFEX membership is declining and it should be a matter of
for everyone.to
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
have members from ALL parts of the world. Now fruit exploration is notprofessors
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
from several Asian, European and African countries. So something shouldbe
thought about this. Moreover, in many countries, it is nearly impossibleto
remit subscriptions in foreign exchange.Columbia.
I had raised this point at the NAFEX Board of Directors Meeting at
I had also discussed this point individually with few members who werecountries
there.
I once again suggest to find some way of having members from other
too. I do not think that conservative policy is going to be good for theobliged
health of NAFEX.
I have some sort of emotional attachment with NAFEX and feel greatly
to this organization. That is the reason I am continuing my membership
otherwise I also find it VERY expensive.
Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
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