No, I am not a member of the AOS. I understand their need for a AOS however, they need to work on making it more useful for the average orchid enthusiast.

I do belong to 2 orchid society`s, one meets at Tuesday at 10am and the other meets Thursday night 7pm. They were one Orchid Society at one time and then as life goes politics/people created a split. Once you wade through the politics it can be very enjoyable.

I believe anyone wanting to learn more should join an orchid club.