Dear friends; Yesterday I received my Bulletin of the International Bulbs Society "BULBS" date Jan-June 2005! The envelope was printed "EXPIERS (sic) END OF PUBLICATION YEAR 2004" I haven't really thought much about IBS since I turned down the opportunity to join their email group a few years ago and stopped sending them my membership renewal. There was a messy and unkind upheaval then that helped generate the PBS and lead to two parallel email groups. The new Bulletin just looks odd and I do not want to point fingers or name names. The article on Rain Lily Breeding is excellent. And there's a lot of interesting stuff I won't specify. The photos in one article are out of focus and almost no pictures have captions underneath them- an odd inconvenience of layout. It just seems like there are some things that are quite wrong with the publication and make me wonder about the organization. I went to their web site which I hadn't done in a year or more and found it odd and put-off-ish too. Yes, some interesting stuff, but odd too. I HAVE NOT looked as critically at the PBS web site for comparison so this is one-sided at best. I have a questions especially for those who are still active in IBS and their email list. - What happened to this organization? I used to think it was excellent and top notch. Now it seems in a sorry second hand state. Is it just me? Just curious if there are others who got the new BULBS or who know what's going on. If you prefer a private response email me at <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>. I retain anonymity. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +