Another point of concern has been the Newsletter itself. Those of you that have had involvement in producing a newsletter will know the amount of work that goes into it. I had hoped that there would be much more membership contributions, something that has always been encouraged but, alas, seldom occurred. A third, more personal reason, is that I have grown increasingly disillusioned with and weary of the politics within certain sections of the aromatherapy industry, and the behaviour of some people this has occasioned. There seems to be no collective will to upgrade aromatherapy to a more mature and accountable level.
Vested interests rule.
In order to be able to better administer the expansion of our educational offerings and allow me to focus on the organisational aspects of the research side of our brief, we have decided to change our structure by no longer being a membership association. Although we will maintain a mailing list so that news of our educational offerings, publications, and research activities can be reported, we will no longer be producing a newsletter. Our website will also be reorganised and more effectively used as a tool for communication and will included relevant articles from time to time. With our new structure will go a new name. There are several reasons for this.