Kathy Pyle, the organizer of the NARGS Western Winter Study Weekend in Medford, Oregon, in March 2009, has suggested that PBS members attending the meeting might like to have a social gathering there, so I've agreed and asked her to let me know when would be convenient. If you are planning to attend this meeting, plan to meet your PBS colleagues there too! Information on the meeting is available on the website http://www.nargs.org/, in the fall 2009 issue of the Rock Garden Quarterly, or I can send you the pdf versions of the announcements that were published in that issue. Jane McGary President, PBS