Since Feb. I'm 2nd secretair of the local Aquarium society - Ichthus,
Zevenaar, Netherlands -, and I agree in your observations. Most articles
come from the kernel/root (how do you call it?) of the society, . And
others, about 90% of the members, sit down and relax/enjoy the
slideshows, lectures etc. organized by our club.
Next month I go for the P. signifer, keeping and breeding, and I
will write down my expirience and produce a new article in near future.
And I hope with my articles and homepage people get enthusiatic and
join our society or one of the Rainbowfish organizations.
All the best,
Marcel.
Adrian R. Tappin wrote:
> Getting articles for hobby publications has also been difficult and always
> will be. The trend in nearly all hobby organisations these days is for most
> members to sit back and be entertained and do nothing. I guess this is the
> sign of the times. In the old days (God help me) most members used to get
> actively involved in everything but I'm afraid those days are gone. So most
> of the work and anguish is share by the very thankless few who volunteer for
> committee positions. Eventually, even they get jack of it all especially
> when most of the criticism comes from those that just want to sit back. In
> extreme cases this has even caused the demise of the organisation.
> Personally, I wouldn't like to see the same thing happen to ANGFA. In my
> short time (30 years) in this hobby I have seen the demise of 2 Aquarium
> Societies just in my home town and the virtual collapse of a once great
> aquarium society, all due to lack of participation on the part the membership.
>
> However regarding publications, when a standard is set too high and tries to
> be something that it really isn't then it becomes even more difficult and
> alienates the average member from contributing.
>
> Adrian.
>
> ps. For those interested the Bulletin Editors position will be up for grabs
> at the end of this term (even earlier, if someone wants it) so all you
> budding editors or writers this is the chance you've all been waiting for.
> There's one major benefit, in that you can always get your own articles
> published ;-)
Marcel Beekman, The Netherlands, Zevenaar.
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Bezoek ook:
Marcel's Regenboogvissen Homepage
http://home.wxs.nl/~marci/
...en vul het Gastenboek in.
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