Hi Jane, I am a member of : PBS, NARGS, IBS, AGS, SRGC, SIGNA and Pennsylvania Native Plant Society. Ruth Bierhoff Coming in to bloom now Edgeworthia, Eranthis, Hellebores, A few Primulae, Crocuses, Galanthus. Spring has sprung in North Carolina! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 5:00 PM Subject: [pbs] Overlapping plant society memberships > Hello, everyone, > > We just had a PBS Board meeting by phone conference this morning, and > one topic we discussed was the possibility of arranging ways for PBS > members and potential members to get together in person for > activities. I suggested that such gatherings could be arranged at > meetings of larger societies to which many of us belong, much as > scholars in small subdisciplines sometimes arrange "parasessions" at > academic meetings of larger disciplines. We're having an informal > get-together, for instance, at the NARGS Western Winter Study Weekend > in March, in Portland, Oregon, during the two-hour social period on > Saturday evening, between the program and the banquet. Several PBS > members have also told me they'd like to include my bulb collection > in their tour of the open gardens open during that weekend. > > To identify possible sites, I'd like to ask anyone who cares to > respond to tell me which other plant societies he or she belongs to. > A list of likely ones appears below. You can check off those to which > you belong or whose meetings you sometimes attend. You can return > your response to the list, or, if you prefer, to me privately. Once > we have an idea what kind of overlap exists, we may be able to plan > other events. > > Another idea we discussed was planning car-pool tours of natural > areas where interesting geophytes grow. Groups that have done this in > the American West include the Penstemon Society, Lily Society, and > SIGNA (Species Iris Group of North America). Usually there are a > couple of knowledgeable guides, and the group stays in one or more > inexpensive hotels and travels around for several days, doing > moderate hikes and lots of photography. Does this appeal? > > Thanks much, > Jane McGary > > > Please indicate which of these societies you belong to, or which > ones' meetings you sometimes attend even if not a paying member: > > Pacific Bulb Society > North American Lily Society > North American Rock Garden Society > International Bulb Society > Daffodil Society > Alpine Garden Society > Scottish Rock Garden Club > Cactus and Succulent Society > Hardy Plant Society (which region?) > Cyclamen Society > Perennial Plant Association > American Iris Society > SIGNA > Native Plant Society (which state/province?) > OTHER -- Please list: > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >