A big THANK YOU! to *all* of the volunteers that give so generously of their time and efforts that make PBS the outstanding organization that it is. It couldn't and wouldn't be done without you. A sincere thank you, thank you, thank you, Mike On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:19 AM Mary Sue Ittner via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I was away during the time people were thanking Luminita, but Arnold's > renewal message inspires me to write a special thank you to a number of > the volunteers of this group. I am grateful to everyone who volunteers > for this group, but there are a few who have served a long time and/or > made significant contributions of time and talent to this group. > > Arnold is one of them. He has served on the Board from the beginning and > has taken great care to make sure everything functions in an ethical > way. He has done all the mailings, both of book orders and the Bulb > Garden. He has been treasurer for a very long time which has been a big > job and has meant communicating with outside sources as well as > communicating with whoever handles the BX and with members. He also > shares some of his excellent photos with the group. > > David Pilling volunteered to help me when I had the task of converting > the wiki when the old software was no longer being supported. Slowly he > became more and more involved, taking on the administration of the wiki, > the website, and the list. He has updated software, trouble shot all the > problems with the list and wiki which hasn't always been easy. When > ibiblio's support team stopped responding when there were problems, he > moved things to his own personal server, saving PBS money and allowing > things to run more smoothly. As a developer he has many talents that > allowed him to come up with ways to make the things he manages work much > better. And he has always been great about communicating with his teams. > I don't know how the group could manage without him. > > Jane McGary has been on the Board for a long time. She was once the > President and for a number of years has managed the membership. She > communicates also with non members who ask questions. And as someone who > has an extensive knowledge of bulbs she often posts really helpful > information to the list. > > Robin Hansen has been editor of the Bulb Garden for a number of years. > She continues to find people who will contribute articles for it. She > is now President as well and is obviously taking this job very > seriously, communicating with members and exploring alternatives as they > arise. > > All of us are lucky to have these four people involved with this group. > > Mary Sue > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>