All,

This is my last year of AOS membership. I renewed this past fall mostly so
that I could have a leg to stand on to complain. I've given up on even
that - there's a sense that no one will listen - they do too much navel
gazing down in Florida.

The magazine has consistently been on a level way below what I am interested
in, and I've had it arrive before the 5th of the month less than 5 times in
the 3 years I have been a member.

The magazine may look good, but they have no excuse for not getting it out
in a timely fashion, since the magazine staff is PAID, unlike Orchid Digest,
which is entirely volunteer run. I've said it before - any other magazine in
the USA with a paid professional staff would have fired the staff if the
magazine was as consistently late as Orchids is.

My $40 will go as a donation towards OrchidDigest's year-end issue for 2004
this year.

-Eric in SF

"Bob Walsh" wrote in message
news:J1kNb.53980$5V2.66268@attbi_s53...
Just in case some of you are wondering where your January issue of Orchids
is, they were all mailed on the 9th of Jan. Yours should arrive soon, mine
too I hope.

Bob