Peter, I agree with you wholeheartedly on the amount of work that Bridget and many others do to grow and ship bulbs and seeds. You are correct that any extra work is an added burden. The question becomes, why would any member knowing all this need a reminder? These are bulbs/seeds you can’t get anywhere else, and even if you could certainly not for the price paid here, we are so fortunate. We have a great opportunity here to share knowledge and plants. If everyone could check today and make sure they are current. Saving all the volunteers who passionately keep our group afloat from taking time away from their families and various interests. Everyone’s time is valuable. Have a great Sunday, check your invoices or ask for a refreshed one. It would be great if by the end of September we could all be current with SX/BX payments as we head into the busy holiday season. Happy Growing….. I’ve got to replant a bunch of the amazing Lachenalia I’ve gotten from past BX! I hope I have some to send in for the next BX. Mike Cloudy and Cool finally, San Diego On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 10:36 AM peter shaw via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I also want to thank Bridget for the incredible job of collecting, sorting, > counting, conducting the lottery, packaging, printing labels and sending > them off. Wow, what a lot of careful work. > Also, a big thanks to everyone that donated bulbs, I always love to add a > few new ones to my overcrowded collection. > > Perhaps rather than shaming them or (me), a Bcc email to those might be > enough? I have no idea how many there are but public shaming will take just > a long to compile the list. > > peter > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > wrote: > > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Arrears in US BX and SX - general request. (Bridget Wosczyna) > > 2. Re: Arrears in US BX and SX - general request. (Robert Lauf) > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Bridget Wosczyna <bulbexpbs@gmail.com> > > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > Cc: > > Bcc: > > Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 11:46:38 -0400 > > Subject: [pbs] Arrears in US BX and SX - general request. > > I hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend. It's a glorious autumn day > in > > Southeastern Pennsylvania. > > > > I am reaching out today concerning outstanding share fees for recent > > exchanges. I thank each of you who are current. Unfortunately, we have > more > > than a few members who have balances due. We'd like to address the issue > > generally and help them become current. We are of course sensitive to the > > fact that folks put the fee slip aside and get distracted. Life gets in > the > > way, absolutely, and the slip is forgotten. > > > > We are able to have these wonderful exchanges due to the extraordinary > time > > volunteered by both the donating membership and the board members who > > organize and distribute same. In the past, we have made an effort to > > contact each member directly and ask them to bring their accounts > current. > > This is no longer feasible due to the amount of members who are not > paying > > their exchange fees timely, or who do not pay until prompted. We will no > > longer be sending out emails requesting payment. We trust our members to > > pay for their exchange shares and know a friendly reminder today will > help > > further along the need for timely payment going forward. > > > > We appreciate your understanding in this matter as time spent tracking > down > > payments is not an effective use of volunteer time. > > > > If you think that you may have outstanding fees, please contact Arnold. > If > > you know you have fees that you haven't paid, kindly do so at your > earliest > > opportunity. > > > > We wish everyone to have a pleasant and fulfilling experience with the > > exchanges, including our members who organize them. Attention to > > outstanding fees will make things a bit smoother. > > > > Thanks so much, > > Bridget > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> > > To: Bridget Wosczyna via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Cc: > > Bcc: > > Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 16:32:45 +0000 (UTC) > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Arrears in US BX and SX - general request. > > A big thanks are due, as always, to Bridget and the donors. As usual, > > there were a lot of great things to be had in the recent BX. > > Perhaps listing the names and amounts past due on the list serve would be > > a way to induce better behavior. Public shaming might seem like the > > nuclear option, but if we have a large number of folks who are making > more > > useless work for our volunteers, their behavior is pretty inexcusable. > > Calling them out once might get their attention. > > Bob gorgeous weather in Zone 7 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…