Thank you Robin, for clarifying that. Thank you for all the hard work you do, which just got harder! On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 7:51 PM Robin Hansen via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Jude, > > No, good point. I'll clarify that immediately. Thanks for contacting me. We > will have two separate exchanges... > > Robin > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of > The > Silent Seed via pbs > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 4:34 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Cc: The Silent Seed > Subject: Re: [pbs] Attention European Union country Members > > Hi Robin, > > This part confuses me: We very much apologize towards our non EU > members. This new scheme can only > be accessed by members with a postal address within the European Union (and > the United Kingdom for this year). We are very sorry not to be able to post > outside the EU (and UK) for legal reasons. > > Are you saying that US members can no longer participate in the BX/SX? Or, > are we now going to receive two separate offerings; one for the USA, and > one for the EU? > > Sorry if I'm just thick and missing something today. > Jude > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 7:26 PM Robin Hansen via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > New Bulb and Seed exchange scheme for EU-countries > > > > > > > > To all EURO Pacific Bulb Society Members: > > > > > > > > We would like to announce the start of a new Bulb and Seed exchange for > > countries of the European Union. (EU) > > > > > > > > As for those of you living in the European Union, requests from the BX/SX > > had to be restricted to seeds only and even that with more and more > > foreseeable difficulty. As bulbs could not be ordered at all, the board > of > > directors of the Pacific Bulb Society has taken your frustration into > > account and decided to set up a European Branch of the Seed and Bulb > > Exchange. > > > > > > > > Only fully paid members of the Pacific Bulb Society can participate. If > you > > are not sure about your membership status you can contact the membership > > secretary Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net or the treasurer Arnold > > Trachtenberg Arnold140@verizon.net. Maybe the new EU Bulb Exchange is an > > incentive for you to join the society? > > > > > > > > We very much apologize towards our non EU members. This new scheme can > only > > be accessed by members with a postal address within the European Union > (and > > the United Kingdom for this year). We are very sorry not to be able to > post > > outside the EU (and UK) for legal reasons. For those of you not sure > > whether > > you can order seeds or bulbs from the U.S.A. or the EU, or if you have > not > > ordered before, please contact Luminita Vollmer, Exchange Director at > > luminita.vollmer@gmail.com . > > > > The language of our society is English. But If you do not feel confident > in > > communicating in English, you can contact Uli Urban, our new EU Board > > member, in German, French (and basic Spanish and Portuguese) > > johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de > > > > There will be two distributions per year of seed as well as bulbs, one in > > autumn for winter and spring growing bulbs and one in spring for summer > > growing bulbs. The first one is scheduled for September. All the > necessary > > details will be announced in due course. > > > > > > > > So.. please think of the many fellow bulb enthusiasts when you dig up > bulbs > > or when you harvest seeds. As the EU covers very different climates and > > many > > members will have a greenhouse: all bulb and seed material is welcome. > The > > success or failure of this new scheme depends on your participation. > > > > > > > > Your contacts will be Johannes Ulrich Urban (Uli) > > johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de and Martin Bohnert (Garak) > > garak@code-garak.de . They will be announcing all future EURO seed and > > bulb > > exchanges. > > > > > > > > PLEASE NOTE: The Scottish Rock Garden Club will not hold its seed > exchange > > for the 2020-2021 year. Please see their website at > > http://www.srgc.net/site/ . No word yet about the Alpine Garden > Society's > > exchange. The Cyclamen Society makes no mention of their seed exchange as > > to > > whether it will be held. Please check with them at > > https://www.cyclamen.org/seeds/ if you have any questions, but so far > I've > > not heard that it has been cancelled. My suggestion would be to check the > > societies that you belong to if you have not heard whether they will hold > > their usual seed exchanges. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Robin Hansen > > > > President, Pacific Bulb Society > > > > robin@hansennursery.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > -- > The Silent Seed > Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. > thesilentseed.com > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…