Tom, if it makes you feel any better I have had a similar experience here. My letter to the local organization went unanswered. On the other hand, I found out about a daylily society nearby and just showed up to a meeting instead of writing. I have been happily accepted in that one and have been doing some volunteer work for them. I'm going to try to find out when the iris society has a meeting and just show up...maybe that'll work! The unanswered letter could have gone into spam, could have been an address that isn't used much, could have been a recipient who's lousy at e-mail, who knows??!! I bet they want you--they just don't know it yet!