IAS vs World Aroid Society

From: Paul Tyerman ptyerman at ozemail.com.au> on 2001.07.23 at 01:06:35(7089) >It seems that the euphemism that Ron used, the "World >Aroid Club" was received as a threat to many of you >while I understood it to be just a name for where the >IAS should be headed. No one wants to change the NAME >of the I.A.S., just it's approach to global outreach. I can't understand what all the fuss is about? The IAS stands for the International Aroid Society doesn't it? International implies World? Why change name/refer to it differently when we're already talking about the same thing? If it was a National Aroid Society then it would be one country, but the International means it breaks national borders. My 2 cents worth (although with the current Australian currency...... based from the US that is only my 1 cent worth ) Cheers. Paul Tyerman +More Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!

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