We are endeavoring to make the International Aroid Society Newsletter and portions of Aroideana, our scientific journal, much more "user friendly". Aroideana will remain much the same since it is a scientific journal but we are also hoping to add several more horticultural articles to each edition. However, we are also looking for scientifically accurate articles that can be useful to growers as well. If you can offer a good explanation as to why soil should be mixed in a particular way to benefit a specific group of species, WRITE ABOUT IT! If you have an unusual collection of Amorphophallus, WRITE ABOUT IT! If you are really good at growing an particular group of aroids in difficult situations (cold weather) WRITE ABOUT IT!
I am asking that all of the brilliant minds on this forum consider doing a brief article for the International Aroid Society Newsletter or Aroideana. We are specifically looking for horticultural articles about growing plants in unusual conditions. We need articles about growing specific genera and anything you may have learned that may be useful to others. We need articles about the exact same things we talk about right here!
If you don't consider yourself a "writer" there are those ready to help! We just need your ideas and input. Remember, even writers with thousands of articles to their credit had to write the first one! Writing is not difficult, just express your ideas.
If you have an idea for the Newsletter please send it to Carla Kostelac
The board is now on a mission to increase the membership of the society and to make the entire society and its publications directed as much as possible at our members. You are about to see a lot more promotional material as well as a brand new full color membership brochure.
If you have any ideas please make them known right here, even if you don't want to write it! By the way, this request goes out to all IAS members and if you are a non-member please make your idea known as well! We really want to see more articles coming from our members that live in Europe, Asia, The Caribbean, as well as South and Central America. I know there are some very good minds in this group because I read what you post all the time! Just expand on it!
If you have chosen not to join, now is a great time. If you join for 2011 you still get the benefits of all the information not available to the public on the IAS website for the next three months plus the fourth newsletter for this year. Just go to www.Aroid.org and look to the left of the page to join. It is only $25.00 per year and the information you will receive is more than worth that small cost.
For those that are already members, this is your IAS and you can help to make it better!
Steve
IAS Corresponding Secretary
www.ExoticRainforest.com
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Everyone, please take the time to read this one!
Seems I can't add email addresses to the post above. Drop me a Dmail and I will give you the correct email addresses for submissions.
Steve
Steve,
If DG doesn't allow the posting of email addresses you type out the address as it sounds (anybody at provider dot com) I'm sure that everyone will know what to do with it.
Regards,
Steve S
Thanks Steve.
For the IAS newsletter send you ideas to
Editors Carla Kostelac Carla.Kostelac at mobot dot org
For article ideas for Aroideana send your proposal to
Editor Derek Burch derek at horticulturist dot com
The IAS board wants our publications to be useful to growers and help you grow your plants well. Any and all article proposals are very much appreciated.
Steve