el48tel wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:44 am
To update my original question.
No political agenda here.
Merely information and asking for consideration of my original question.
I checked with my local postie who I've not seen for a few days. Royal Mail are prioritising parcels and packets. Letters and cards and magazines are low priority. They might not be delivered before Christmas.
If you are waiting for your Radio Times by subscription it will be well out of date.
You'll need to ask the editor I'm afraid.
Thanks Paul
I'm not stirring it up, I'm merely flagging it up for others to discuss and make decisions, then announce them, accordingly.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
It would be typical if we finally manage to sort out the problem that overseas members had previously only to find that they are getting their journals sooner than we are.....
Chris L wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:56 pm
It would be typical if we finally manage to sort out the problem that overseas members had previously only to find that they are getting their journals sooner than we are.....
This has rumbled on for years without being properly addressed. Finally, we may have the realisation that there actually is and has been an issue which needs proper debate and properly addressing, rather than "we've always done it this way ......." approach, which is the wrong way of problem solving. We should have been proactive rather than reactive. I'm not wanting preferential treatment. I'm wanting a fairer playing field for all than could and will happen. Perhaps (hopefully) the current (and likely to run on and on) situation might (hopefully) stir up some action.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Chris L wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:56 pm
It would be typical if we finally manage to sort out the problem that overseas members had previously only to find that they are getting their journals sooner than we are.....
This has rumbled on for years without being properly addressed. Finally, we may have the realisation that there actually is and has been an issue which needs proper debate and properly addressing, rather than "we've always done it this way ......." approach, which is the wrong way of problem solving. We should have been proactive rather than reactive. I'm not wanting preferential treatment. I'm wanting a fairer playing field for all than could and will happen. Perhaps (hopefully) the current (and likely to run on and on) situation might (hopefully) stir up some action.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
As for the seed list and fairness, I think we need to bear in mind the following: all jobs in the BCSS is performed by a few volunteers, volunteers are hard to find, and we should try not to overload them. I am sure we could all devise schemes for allocating seed which are fairer than "first come, first served". But on the other hand, we should also consider the costs in volunteer effort to implement those schemes. Whether some software has to be written to collect requests, and allocate them in a way to give the greatest satisfaction / least disappointment, or whether some manual randomisation of order fulfilment is involved - extra volunteer effort is needed, and shortage of volunteer effort is one of the biggest challenges the BCSS faces.
Anyway, let's thank the volunteers who run the current scheme for all the hard work they already put into it - procuring the seed, packeting it, fulfilling the members requests, and handling the finances.
And please don't take this as a dig at anyone. I'm just as guilty as the rest in terms of saying "things would be better if...".
My CactusWorld arrived through the letterbox 10 minutes ago.
The seed lists are now up on the website. Note these are only accessible by BCSS members.
Paul in North-east Scotland (Grampian Branch BCSS)
National Collection Rebutia, Aylostera & Weingartia (inc. Sulcorebutia). Also growing a mixture including Ferocactus, Gymnocalycium, Lobivia, Mammillaria, Lithops, Gasteria, Haworthia. http://www.rebutia.org.uk
Thanks to the seed team for their hard work as always, and to Paul for getting the list online. I haven't seen my postie for a while now, no CactusWorld today!
The next hurdle is, as a 30-something, owning neither a printer nor a chequebook... But thankfully one PDF editor and a pleading message to my mother later I have a plan in action
Vice-chair Sheffield branch & Internet Committee member. @xericdelights on Instagram. 700 plants later and I still haven't picked a favourite genus!
