I keep the membership records for the PBS, and in the past few months we've welcomed a surge of new members in the San Francisco Bay (California) region, including the Peninsula and Marin. This is one of the finest bulb-gardening areas in North America, including a wealth of native bulbous species and many different kinds of topography and microclimates. A few years ago PBS president Nhu Nguyen, then in Berkeley, organized a meeting that drew quite a few people from the region and even farther away. Perhaps some of you would like to get together and do this again? If someone's willing to take the lead in this, please contact me directly (not through this list), and I can provide a mailing list of regional members who have given permission when they joined to share their contact addresses. Last winter I combined a Portland NARGS chapter event with invitations to PBS members in the Pacific Northwest, and it was a nice way to widen the acquaintance of these somewhat overlapping groups. I'm sure other areas with clusters of bulb enthusiasts would also have a good time doing this. Jane McGary, Membership Coordinator, PBS _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…