Folks, Just wanted to remind everyone that the West Coast Chapter of the International Aroid Society will be having a little get-together at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley this coming Sunday 4/11 starting around noon. We'll be meeting in the conference center down by the tropical house, and we'll be having Dylan Hannon from the Huntington Botanical Gardens give a talk on Colombia and some of the many Aroids therein. Colombia is right in the center of tropical Aroid diversity, and has been a difficult place to visit, so Dylan's talk will be an unique opportunity to learn more about this fascinating area. Dylan also mentioned he would be bringing a few plants from the collection at the Huntington to share. Refreshments will be provided, and as usual some choice and rare Aroids will be made available for sale - proceeds going to the garden. More information and photos of past meetings are available at http://www.aroid.org/westcoast/ You do not have to be a member of the IAS to attend this meeting - all interested parties are welcome to join us. Be sure to mention that you are attending the Aroid meeting at the entry kiosk. If you have any questions or wish to donate plants to sell, please contact Albert Huntington at balberth@yahoo.com <mailto:balberth@yahoo.com> for more information. Hope to see you there! Paul -- Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/