Good suggestion, Bruce. Are you volunteering to be the BX manager for Oz, NZ, Oceania, and Antarctica?
I'm not trying to be facetious or sarcastic here. I recently got a USDA import permit, a far less painful process than it was forty years ago when I wanted to import orchids. My first trial was a bulb order from SA Bulbs, and the results were fantastic. So I have been thinking about how/if we could deputize a few members to get import permits and then offer to help other members who maybe want one or two rare things from abroad but don't want to get an import permit just for that.
Of course, such volunteers are setting themselves up for a lot of totally uncompensated work! (Yes, I'm nominating Luminita for sainthood here.) But on a case-by-case basis, I see an opportunity for some of us to help other members avoid having to grub their way up the learning curve w/r/t bureaucratic matters so they can concentrate on finding better ways to grow odd bulbs.
Perhaps another idea would be for the society to prepare a short tutorial on how to get a permit, import bulbs, etc. It's sure easier if someone explains it to you up front! In my case, it would've been even more painless if someone had told me a few things rather than my having to discover them and respond in real time to generate a UPS shipping label and email it to the inspection station in GA, for example.
If others think this activity would be useful, I encourage them to speak up and I'll be glad to help organize something.
Bob LaufOak RIdge, TN where we are finally getting some rain
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 06:36:57 PM EDT, Bruce Schroder via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
With the introduction of the second PBS bulb & seed exchange providing for
European members, that still leaves southern Pacific countries out in the
cold. What consideration has the executive given for their reinclusion?
Bruce Schroder
Melbourne
Australia
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