Bulb Garden newsletter
arnold140@verizon.net (Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:55:00 PST)

Stephen:
As the person who has the BG printed and mailed it is a labor that I enjoy doing.

I personally stamp each one so I can be sure it gets done.

Printing houses have been too unreliable in the past.

The hard part for us, the Board is the editing and getting it to me so I can send it off to a printer. We have had discussions about going the online version only, but that would take the folks out of the equation who don't have the fast broadband connections. Maybe some day.

Arnold

On 11/16/14, Stephen Putman wrote:

Jane,

I very much enjoy The Bulb Garden, and consider it to be one of the best
of its sort of publication as well as not making the (in the long term,
futile) attempt to be a thick publication of record (for which a notable
and stable endowment is probably necessary), but still providing quite
useful and authoritative articles.

Even so, I am not in a position to make and keep a promise of
volunteering to edit it. While I value TBG, its absence would not cause
me to drop my PBS membership. More data is needed here in advance of
any major decisions. For example, how would members respond to a choice
of an electronic media version of TBG included in membership, and hard
print copy available with membership at an additional charge. Now, how
much would it cost do these things, and what variations do others think
of? For me, the seed and bulb exchange are very important. The on line
website and wiki are very important. The The on line discussion is
important. If we moved to a different host could we formulate a way to
make a bit of money on commission from non-commercial plant material
and/or literature sales, etc.?

Regards, and by the way, thanks for all your work on this for all these
years.

Stephen Putman

On 11/16/2014 3:25 PM, Jane McGary wrote:

We are still seeking someone to edit The Bulb Garden, the PBS printed
newsletter. If we can't find an editor, we will have to discontinue this
service.

Perhaps those of you who participate in this list don't care whether you
get a printed newsletter, and those who do care may not use the internet
much. Is this so?

I do know that some of our members who are relatively new to bulb
growing value the Bulb Garden for its accessible articles and photos,
and it is a useful way of transmitting the activities of the PBS board
to members who wouldn't think of looking such reports up otherwise.

The board has discussed launching a separate, online-only journal, but
if we can't maintain the print newsletter, that may be the only source
for such information in the future.

We will all welcome comments, especially from the paying members who
receive the Bulb Garden now. Is it a "make or break" incentive to pay
dues? Is the BX such an incentive? What other privileges would be?

Jane McGary
Membership Coordinator, PBS

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