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 https://…