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A.O.S. Selling Plants
There's one problem I perceive with the "appearance of impropriety," which
cuts from two directions: 1. Consider non-orchid growing folks who visit the AOS for the novelty, and buy a plant for the same reason. To them, there is no impropriety, as they have no knowledge of the conflict. They end up killing the plant anyway. In this case, the AOS has "gotten away with" their bad behavior. 2. Then there's the grower who visits the AOS, buys a plant, and ultimately gets hooked. They jump on the web, or join the AOS and start perusing the ads in "Orchids." To them, the issue isn't that the AOS is undercutting the commercial growers - the AOS is the "baseline" - it's the fact that by contrast, everyone else appears to be gouging them on the prices! In both cases the AOS has, at best, done nothing to promote the growing of orchids, and worse, has set expectations that damage the perceptions about commercial growers. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Rob Halgren" wrote in message ... Kenni Judd wrote: 4 quick notes: 1. Orchid people in Florida _will travel_. I've had people come [specifically, not as a side-trip] to my nursery from as far away as Gainesville [5 hours], Ocala [4+ hours], and Cocoa [4+ hours]; I routinely see people at shows that have travelled 3 or more hours to attend. I myself travelled from Tampa to Kenni's nursery the last time I was in Florida... No idea how far that is, it seemed like forever. But that was many years ago and I believe we have both moved at least once since then... 4. I, too, am not a member [or at least not an active member, I may have joined for insurance purposes] of FPOS, and I was fortunate enough to have a very good show there. Would it have been better without the AOS' competition? I can't even imagine any way to know for sure. That being the case, I think AOS should "err" on the side of respect for its affiliated societies. Well, I am an AOS member and will be attending at least one committee meeting at the Trustees meeting (oh, wait, _members_ meeting) in Sacramento next month. I won't get a chance to complain about this particular matter in person, I'm sure. However, I would like to say that as an orchid judge (student judge, until I can finish my homework) we are supposed to avoid even the perception of impropriety. One might reasonably expect the AOS as an organization to follow that as well. It seems that the AOS headquarters, innocent or not, has managed to enter into a state of perceived impropriety. I for one am a little disgusted by what I have heard (admittedly only one side of the argument, but not the first time I've heard it, either), and to the public it must look a little shady. That is not good. If _I_ were in charge I'd stop the practice of selling plants at headquarters until some reasonable accomodation could be made with the local vendors. But again, I'm not in charge... (and I don't want to be). On the road again... Just can't wait to get back on the road again... Wait, that isn't true, I'd rather be home watering my plants. Stupid song.... Rob (Long Island this week, Left Coast next week, and another trip to Thailand requested this evening... sheeesh). -- Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a. See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase more orchids, obtain more credit |
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