On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:40:10 -0800, K Barrett
wrote:

Well, these were both provisional awards. They are a real bear to
track. I wish more exhibitors were as punctual as you are. Most run
and hide, refuse to pay for the award until we bill them anyway, then
they get off their asses to get the plant identified, registered or what
have you... THEN the paperwork starts through the AOS system, which
takes a minimum of 6 months. In the meantime the AOS photographer has
the slides stored someplace and if no one tells him that the award has
been cleared they just sit and wait until someone asks for the slides.

BTW, your awards are in OrchidWiz.

K Barrett


I got an award on a Bulbo last year. It is almost bloom time again
and I have heard nothing. This past year with the 2 storms messing
with the physical plant has messed with the mental equipment too.
People are too busy making sure things are not lost to rain and water
to do the mundane processing of new awards. I got the slide of my
first awarded plant (Ascda. Suksamran Sunlight 'Scarlet Letter'
AM/AOS). I am not sure Bulbo. dearei 'Long's Peak' (HCC/AOS) will
ever make it.

I have been told to wait to pay until the AOS bills me, or they will
get mixed up.

I do think the slides and matching them is part of the slow down. I
welcome a switch to digital.