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From: Malcolm Thomas <malcolmt at TIG.COM.AU>
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Sounds pretty fair to me, Ray.
Many thanks
Malcolm

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From: "George R. Stilwell, Jr." <GRSJr at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:40 AM
Subject: Re: seedex 2003


> At 12:45 AM 1/15/2003 +1100, you wrote:
> >With all these requests to be put on the Seedex list, does one have to
> >request that or does a list of available seed come to us first?
> >Malcolm Thomas (New member)
> >Melbourne OZ
>
> Neither.
>
> 1. All AEG members are on the Seedex list unless they specifically
>    request 'no seeds for this year'.
>
> 2. There is no 'list of available seeds'.
>
> By the time the seeds arrive from down under,
> those from the north are bursting to sprout. So we have no time to issu=e a
> list
> and wait for people to choose. We also have no staff to do this or to
> compile peoples choices.
>
> The Seedex volunteers simply distribute the seeds in as fair a manner a=s
is
> possible trying to get something interesting to everyone. We can tell f=rom
> your collection inventory (assuming you keep it up-to-date) what might =be
> of interest to you.
>
> The amount of work in doing a Seedex is enormous and only managable on
> a volunteer basis by keeping it simple.
>
> Ray
>