[GrowRR] GNOBS show a FAILURE

[derek butcher]

Mary Jo
Do not despair. Rebuilding takes time. From what we hear in the world 
outside the USA, little has been done to rebuild New Orleans but that could 
well be Media hype. But the resilience of the locals will win through. Your 
comment on the lack of democracy at club level is one that crops up from 
time to time in any group. It is just that you quietly work towards 
changing the situation. It is a problem only your local people can solve.
So chin up, Rome was not built in a day.
Uncle Derek

  At 11:32 PM 10/05/2006, you wrote:
>GNOBS HELD THEIR FIRST SHOW SINCE KATRINA- ONLY TWO MAJOR SHOWPERSONS WERE 
>ALLOWED TO SHOW ALONG WITH THREE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ONLY 3 TO SIX 
>PLANTS- TWO MAJOR SHOW PERSONS  ALLOWED 40 PLANTS EACH, INCLUDES A FRIEND 
>OR FAMILY MEMBER.SO COMPETITION THIS YEAR WAS VERY LIMITED-
>THE SALES AREA WAS DEAD- WORST SALE GNOBS HAS EVER HAD- VERY LITTLE 
>ENTEREST SHOWN BY THE PUBLIC- AND MOST  OF THE SMALL  TRAFFIC  KNEW 
>NOTHING ABOUT BROMELIADS-SOME  BEING  IMIGRANT WORKERS, AND NOT EVEN 
>ENTERESTED IN PLANTS.
>RIVER RIDGE BROMELIAD SOCIETY IS HAVINGTHEIR SHOW IN NEW ORLEANS MAY 20, 
>AND 21, 2006- HERE IS HOPING THAT ONE IS BETTER-
>THJERE WERE FOUR COMMERCIAL GROWERS IN GNOBS- MEL &MICHE MELE, COVINGTON, 
>LA. AND TIM COURTLAND, BUSH, LA. - MARY & DENNIS  KELLOGG, BOGUE CHITTO. 
>.MS.  AMD MARJIE BOE- OF METARIE, LA.
>TIM AND MEL WERE ALLOWED TO PLACE PLANTS IN THE SHOW- MARJIE BOE SAT UP A 
>COMMERCIAL BOOTHAND SOLD COMMERIALLY BOUGHT PLANTS- MARY & DENNIS KELLOGG 
>WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOW THEIR PLANTS FOR COMPETITION, A LAST MINUET 
>DECISION BY THE PRESIDENT 5 DAYS BEFORE TEH SHOW, HE CALLED THEMAND TOLD 
>THEM THEY COULDNT PARTICIPATE AFTER ASSIGNING THEM TO HELP IN THE SHOW AT 
>THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE SHOW.
>IT IS  MY OPINION THAT A COMMERCIAL GROWER IS ONE WHOM GROWS AND SELLS 
>PUPS- MY QUESTION IS IF ALL THREE SOLD PUPS AT VARIOUS FARMERS MARKETS, 
>FESTIVALS, IS IT FAIR TO BLOCK ONE OUT?
>ONE OF THEM EVEN SELLS PUPS TO BOTH NEW ORLEANS SOCIETIES TO PLACE ON THE 
>RAFFLE TABLE INSTEAD OF MEMBERS BRINGING FREE PUPS.
>WHAT IS YOUR OPION OF THE JESTER?
>MARY JO KELLOGG
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