[Arisaema-l] Resending Re: AEG in danger

[Paige Woodward]

Apologies. This bounced when I got the Arisaema-L address wrong. Paige

> On Apr 22, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Paige Woodward <paige at hillkeep.ca> wrote:
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> A couple of people have said they like the idea of using the forum format. 
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> I’m replying to them and all the rest. 
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> Thank you for the positive remarks. 
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> But. 
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> In the case of Arisaema, I think it’s already too late to create a new, separate forum. Realistically, few members of the Facebook group would switch. FB is convenient for them. They use it for other communication, too.  
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> If there *were* a case for starting another group, we might be in trouble. Starting a new group requires selfless, devoted people to tend it. I’m not prepared to do that at the moment and I wonder if anyone else would be (even noble Eric).
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> Ignoring FB needn’t completely starve us of Arisaema information, though. 
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> — There is already some correspondence about Arisaema inside the SRGC forum.. Not a lot, but some. There’s quite a lot about Arisaema in the PBS archives. We can hope that more will accumulate inside the new PBS forum as it matures. 
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> — There is bound to be some Arisaema crossover between the PBS and SRGC forums and the FB group. Many lily specialists, for example, belong both to a lily list and a FB group. 
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> — In emergencies, by now, most of us know who are the main experts on Arisaema. If we need information badly, it is possible to dig around and inquire privately. 
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> Today I looked at the SRGC forum. I belong to it but I’ve been almost completely out of touch with the plant world for some time. It appeared to me that correspondence in that forum might not be as lush as it was a few years ago. I say *might*. Not sure. Perhaps things will be more lively as the joy of spring advances. 
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> But, in general, we know that change is inevitable; plant groups are evolving as society evolves. There was a time when plant societies were fewer and moved more slowly: before the Internet. I think it’s quite likely that in a few years, FB will be replaced by other apps and even other communication methods. 
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> I do hope that people will still be growing plants in that future, not just talking about them or buying them in. 
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> Paige Woodward 
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