This sounds like a great idea. I recently moved back to Seattle from N. California (my fiance moved here from Manhattan) and we would love to connect with people from PBS who live in this area. I would be willing to contribute some to the effort to put a meeting together in the PNW. Randy On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Peter Franks <peter.scaevola@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi to all > > Thanks for the welcome, Jane > > I live in Sydney, Australia where the weather is currently cloudy and cool > with a southerly breeze. Current temp. around 16 C > > Our weather is still extremely dry, hardly any rain since winter. I guess > some of you will have heard about our early bushfire season > > Among bulbs my current interest is Lycoris. I grow only a few, those being > our locally available commercial clones of Ll. aurea, elsiae and radiata > > I would say my interest is currently academic as so many suitable plants > are > unavailable here. > > Illustrations in Philip Adam's recent Herbertia article and Tony Avent's > Lycoris gallery have me salivating with envy > > I have many questions and hope that some of you good folk may be able to > provide some answers for me > > I look forward to many interesting posting in future > > Regards > > Peter Franks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Jane McGary > Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2013 8:39 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] New members and meetings > > A good number of people have recently joined PBS, and welcome to them > all. This is a good time of year to join because you get the > remainder of 2013 and all of 2014 for one annual dues payment. > > If you're a current member, don't forget that renewal dues payment is > due on January 1. You can pay with PayPal via the PBS website. > > We are developing clusters of members in various parts of North > America and beyond. Nhu Nguyen organized a very successful meeting in > Berkeley a while back. This would be a good time to think about > planning get-togethers in late winter or early spring, when so many > of our favorite plants are in bloom. These don't have to be major > efforts. Perhaps some Saturday people could meet for a potluck lunch, > a sharing of photos on a portable screen or television, and visits to > a couple of nearby gardens. I'm thinking of combining a PBS event > with one of the annual early spring garden tours our NARGS chapter > organizes, for example. > > If you're interested in organizing such an event, please write to me > directly and I can provide you with the names and e-mail addresses of > PBS members in your local area. > > Best regards, > Jane McGary > Membership Coordinator, PBS > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > --