[Arisaema-l] Activity of the AEG, is this group in danger?

[Roslyn Duffus]

Thank you Eric, for letting us know about your concerns re the Group. I
confess to being a member of the Facebook Group mentioned previously and
find it very useful. I'm not seeing the kind of concerns some have
mentioned, in that group, although Facebook can be pretty toxic outside of
the various groups I belong to.  I get so many emails that they quickly
drop out of sight if not dealt with right away and I find that the Facebook
Group works better for me. The managing of the Seedex is a big load for
anyone to handle and has been a wonderful resource for the seedaholics
amongst us. I am sorry to hear that donations have dropped off. it may be
that there has been concern about the ability to get seed across borders
which may prevent some from taking part. I wonder if it makes sense for
members to indicate what seed they expect to have and deal directly with
those that want it. At least that would make a same country seed
exchange easier? No easy answers.
I do want to thank you for the efforts you have put in over the years. I
wish I had more success getting viable seed from my various species. The
only one that reliably makes seed is one of the early flowering
Consanguineum species.

Must get the tubers out of the fridge. This is the season.
Roslyn

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 5:10 AM Gouda, E.J. (Eric) via Arisaema-L <
arisaema-l at lists.science.uu.nl> wrote:

> Dear AEG members,
>
> It seems that the only activity left in our group is the Seed Exchange,
> which is maybe because of the use of our old fashioned email discussion
> list. From the Archives we can learn that there are little or no
> discussions beside the SeedEx messages. We have our own FloraPix Gallery
> that can be used to post pictures, but also discuss plants. It is really a
> pity that it has not been used much over the last years.
>
> My question is, should we switch to for example Facebook with our group to
> activate and modernize our group? Or are we becoming a fossil group?
> Unfortunately Ray Stilwell became too old and left the group in 2007, he
> was the motor of the group and was not replaced. I was involved in 1997 or
> maybe even before and created the email list and started organizing the
> website and SeedEx, which I run for over 20 years now.
>
> If we want to continue the group, I think we need somebody like Ray who
> keeps the group enthusiastic and going (live discussions etc.). I could be
> involved for the website, seed list and gallery if needed, but will be not
> much longer in current position at the Botanic Garden (1.5 year max, have
> reached the age of 65 some time ago).
>
> It is up to you, lets start discuss our future now, before it is too late.
>
> All the best,
>
> Eric
>
>
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>
> All the best, / Met vriendelijke groet,
> Eric
>
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