Hello Robin, I could take the role of Secretary. Greetings from Berlin, Vlad On Fri 13. Jan 2023 at 16:06 R Hansen via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Members, > > > > Please consider volunteering a bit of your time to PBS. We are in need of > two board members - a Secretary who takes minutes at our quarterly board > meetings, and a Vice-president who mostly serves as backup to our PBS > President. Neither position takes much time and in terms of qualifications, > there are few requirements. > > > > For the Secretary position, good spelling of course and attendance at all > board meetings (usually four a year) but missing one is not a problem if > arrangements are made ahead. For the Vice-president, a good knowledge of > Robert's Rules of Order is helpful but can be learned and a willingness to > step in and lead a meeting on the rare occasion the President is not > available. In both cases, members who have a little plant knowledge and > have > been members for at least a couple years is helpful because a knowledge of > our organization provides an understanding of PBS. > > > > In both cases, you can live anywhere but need to be available for Zoom > meetings since the board does not meet in person. If you're in one of > various time zones this is not a problem. One board member is in Portugal, > another in Germany, some in the eastern U.S. and so on. We accommodate our > meeting times so that everyone can attend. > > > > Please consider volunteering! PBS is unique in the world of non-profit > plant > societies in that we have frequent seed and bulb exchanges that cover many > countries and in order to continue these benefits to our members we need > the > support of board members to make sure we can all take advantage of these > special benefits. I know there are lurkers out there who may be hesitant, > so > you're welcome to sit in on a meeting or visit with some board members via > Zoom to get an idea of what we do. Just contact me and I can arrange a Zoom > meeting. It's easy and fun to serve on a board whose members are scattered > all over the world (well, not Antarctica.). > > > > Regards, > > > > Robin Hansen > > President, PBS > > robin@hansennursery.com > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…