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>