Regarding the award system...it's not relevant because people who enter their orchids for AOS judging have to pay for any awards that they win. So as long as people continue to pay for their AOS awards the awards system will continue to exist.
The $65 cost of membership covers the cost of printing the magazine. Given that it wouldn't cost anything to post the articles to an AOS blog the cost of being a member would be reduced to practically nothing.
On one hand we have Group A....a relatively small amount of people who pay $65 to receive the printed magazine. And on the other hand we have Group B....everybody with an interest in orchids and access to the internet.
Group A consists of around 12,000 people. Group B consists of around how many people?
What's the logic in needlessly limiting access to the articles?
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