Agreed, Paige. Distasteful. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg/> ________________________________ From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 7:00:01 AM To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5 Send pbs mailing list submissions to pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net You can reach the person managing the list at pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Today's Topics: 1. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 72, Issue 4 (Carol Ballard) 2. Re: Need Volunteers (Laura Grant) 3. Re: Need Volunteers (R Hansen) 4. Re: Need Volunteers (Paige Woodward) 5. Re: Need Volunteers (Paige Woodward) 6. Re: Need Volunteers (Robert Lauf) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 23:05:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Carol Ballard <agentletouch1@yahoo.com> To: "pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs Digest, Vol 72, Issue 4 Message-ID: <405249951.1921703.1675983954550@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi unfortunately I live in Australia & have noo idea what zoom is, so not a candidate for office bearer. All organisations run on its members willingness to help do the grunt work, I think all of you doing the grunt work are fantastic. Ann Ballard On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 11:00:08 pm AEDT, pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: Send pbs mailing list submissions to ??? pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ??? http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ??? pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net You can reach the person managing the list at ??? pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Today's Topics: ? 1. Need Volunteers (R Hansen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 09:15:11 -0800 From: "R Hansen" <bulbnut@hansennursery.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: [pbs] Need Volunteers Message-ID: <001a01d93be0$e7278420$b5768c60$@hansennursery.com> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Good Morning, or Evening, wherever you are, We are still trying to find volunteers to staff the Pacific Bulb Society board of directors. While we have been contacted by possible volunteers, we'd like to remind all of you that our society runs on the willingness of its members to help keep the society going, which means supporting the seed and bulb exchanges, the forum, the list and the monumental bulb encyclopedia on our website. Every one of us potentially benefits from these perks and they are all the result of willing volunteers. Most positions take a minimal amount of time. For board members in general, that time consists of meetings of about an hour via Zoom four times a year. That's not much, is it? Your input is needed on the board, particularly as our society grows and needs guidance and new ideas. Two positions need to be filled: Vice-president - four meetings a year and standing in for the president should they be unable to attend a meeting. The secretarial position does require a bit more work, good spelling (ok, there's always Spellcheck, sort of) and making a record of the board proceedings, again four times a year. If you're hesitant, don't be. If you're a lurker, step forward. What training you might need is on the job. You'd be joining a board that has a strong ethic of working together in a congenial manner with a willingness to listen and speak up.? Your real-world expertise might be in building satellites or running a flower shop or selling shoes. You may not realize how much experience and knowledge you have that would apply to helping run a group of total plant nuts. Contact me or any board member. We're listed with email addresses in each Bulb Garden or through the PBS website. Please think about volunteering. Without volunteers we would not have such an incredible? and special (not to say unique) plant and bulb exchange and a wonderful website well-known all over the world for information on bulbs. So you may not want to volunteer for the board - well surely, you must have some special knowledge that would be helpful to others via our journal. Anyway, jump on board! Best regards, Robin Hansen President The Pacific Bulb Society -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.com/> ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… ------------------------------ End of pbs Digest, Vol 72, Issue 4 ********************************** ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 22:33:24 -0500 From: Laura Grant <lauragrant1947@gmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers Message-ID: <CAKw2XHt4o=MMahRKQaX7WZLtUWbVchQpDU1MDOkOMN=ftD0g8w@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Robin, From my past experiences with different hort clubs, iI would recomend you select vice president from the members of the board that you know well. Stay away from individuals you do not know. I will not elaborate, but I know you have been around hort clubs to know what I am talking about. Laura On Wed., Feb. 8, 2023, 12:15 p.m. R Hansen via pbs, < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Good Morning, or Evening, wherever you are, > > > > We are still trying to find volunteers to staff the Pacific Bulb Society > board of directors. While we have been contacted by possible volunteers, > we'd like to remind all of you that our society runs on the willingness of > its members to help keep the society going, which means supporting the seed > and bulb exchanges, the forum, the list and the monumental bulb > encyclopedia > on our website. Every one of us potentially benefits from these perks and > they are all the result of willing volunteers. > > > > Most positions take a minimal amount of time. For board members in general, > that time consists of meetings of about an hour via Zoom four times a year. > That's not much, is it? Your input is needed on the board, particularly as > our society grows and needs guidance and new ideas. > > > > Two positions need to be filled: Vice-president - four meetings a year and > standing in for the president should they be unable to attend a meeting. > The > secretarial position does require a bit more work, good spelling (ok, > there's always Spellcheck, sort of) and making a record of the board > proceedings, again four times a year. > > > > If you're hesitant, don't be. If you're a lurker, step forward. What > training you might need is on the job. You'd be joining a board that has a > strong ethic of working together in a congenial manner with a willingness > to > listen and speak up. > > > > Your real-world expertise might be in building satellites or running a > flower shop or selling shoes. You may not realize how much experience and > knowledge you have that would apply to helping run a group of total plant > nuts. Contact me or any board member. We're listed with email addresses in > each Bulb Garden or through the PBS website. > > > > Please think about volunteering. Without volunteers we would not have such > an incredible and special (not to say unique) plant and bulb exchange and > a > wonderful website well-known all over the world for information on bulbs. > > > > So you may not want to volunteer for the board - well surely, you must have > some special knowledge that would be helpful to others via our journal. > Anyway, jump on board! > > > > Best regards, > > > > Robin Hansen > > President > > The Pacific Bulb Society > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.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/… > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 19:37:54 -0800 From: "R Hansen" <bulbnut@hansennursery.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers Message-ID: <004901d93d01$0fec5b30$2fc51190$@hansennursery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Laura, Oh, yes, I do know, unfortunately. We've had two people step forward to begin and then two more much more likely to be qualified today. One of the first two is pretty well known to Mary Sue, me and Jane McGary and he's not qualified for any position based on our previous experience with him. As Gastil pointed out, we should try to find younger members as most of us are graybeards...but appointing a v.p. from current members is quite a sound idea. Thanks for the advice! Regards, Robin -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Laura Grant via pbs Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:33 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Cc: Laura Grant Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers Hi Robin, From my past experiences with different hort clubs, iI would recomend you select vice president from the members of the board that you know well. Stay away from individuals you do not know. I will not elaborate, but I know you have been around hort clubs to know what I am talking about. Laura On Wed., Feb. 8, 2023, 12:15 p.m. R Hansen via pbs, < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Good Morning, or Evening, wherever you are, > > > > We are still trying to find volunteers to staff the Pacific Bulb Society > board of directors. While we have been contacted by possible volunteers, > we'd like to remind all of you that our society runs on the willingness of > its members to help keep the society going, which means supporting the seed > and bulb exchanges, the forum, the list and the monumental bulb > encyclopedia > on our website. Every one of us potentially benefits from these perks and > they are all the result of willing volunteers. > > > > Most positions take a minimal amount of time. For board members in general, > that time consists of meetings of about an hour via Zoom four times a year. > That's not much, is it? Your input is needed on the board, particularly as > our society grows and needs guidance and new ideas. > > > > Two positions need to be filled: Vice-president - four meetings a year and > standing in for the president should they be unable to attend a meeting. > The > secretarial position does require a bit more work, good spelling (ok, > there's always Spellcheck, sort of) and making a record of the board > proceedings, again four times a year. > > > > If you're hesitant, don't be. If you're a lurker, step forward. What > training you might need is on the job. You'd be joining a board that has a > strong ethic of working together in a congenial manner with a willingness > to > listen and speak up. > > > > Your real-world expertise might be in building satellites or running a > flower shop or selling shoes. You may not realize how much experience and > knowledge you have that would apply to helping run a group of total plant > nuts. Contact me or any board member. We're listed with email addresses in > each Bulb Garden or through the PBS website. > > > > Please think about volunteering. Without volunteers we would not have such > an incredible and special (not to say unique) plant and bulb exchange and > a > wonderful website well-known all over the world for information on bulbs. > > > > So you may not want to volunteer for the board - well surely, you must have > some special knowledge that would be helpful to others via our journal. > Anyway, jump on board! > > > > Best regards, > > > > Robin Hansen > > President > > The Pacific Bulb Society > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.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://… -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.com/> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 20:03:15 -0800 From: Paige Woodward <paige@hillkeep.ca> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers Message-ID: <B8AE52EC-8B83-4197-908F-1F348D770A5F@hillkeep.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Gosh. Was this exchange meant to be public? I blenched on reading open criticism of a member of the group. Paigei Woodward > On Feb 9, 2023, at 7:37 PM, R Hansen via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Laura, > > Oh, yes, I do know, unfortunately. We've had two people step forward to > begin and then two more much more likely to be qualified today. One of the > first two is pretty well known to Mary Sue, me and Jane McGary and he's not > qualified for any position based on our previous experience with him. > > As Gastil pointed out, we should try to find younger members as most of us > are graybeards...but appointing a v.p. from current members is quite a sound > idea. Thanks for the advice! > > Regards, > > Robin > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of > Laura Grant via pbs > Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:33 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Cc: Laura Grant > Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers > > Hi Robin, > From my past experiences with different hort clubs, iI would recomend you > select vice president from the members of the board that you know well. > Stay away from individuals you do not know. I will not elaborate, but I > know you have been around hort clubs to know what I am talking about. > Laura > > On Wed., Feb. 8, 2023, 12:15 p.m. R Hansen via pbs, < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Good Morning, or Evening, wherever you are, >> >> >> >> We are still trying to find volunteers to staff the Pacific Bulb Society >> board of directors. While we have been contacted by possible volunteers, >> we'd like to remind all of you that our society runs on the willingness of >> its members to help keep the society going, which means supporting the > seed >> and bulb exchanges, the forum, the list and the monumental bulb >> encyclopedia >> on our website. Every one of us potentially benefits from these perks and >> they are all the result of willing volunteers. >> >> >> >> Most positions take a minimal amount of time. For board members in > general, >> that time consists of meetings of about an hour via Zoom four times a > year. >> That's not much, is it? Your input is needed on the board, particularly as >> our society grows and needs guidance and new ideas. >> >> >> >> Two positions need to be filled: Vice-president - four meetings a year and >> standing in for the president should they be unable to attend a meeting. >> The >> secretarial position does require a bit more work, good spelling (ok, >> there's always Spellcheck, sort of) and making a record of the board >> proceedings, again four times a year. >> >> >> >> If you're hesitant, don't be. If you're a lurker, step forward. What >> training you might need is on the job. You'd be joining a board that has a >> strong ethic of working together in a congenial manner with a willingness >> to >> listen and speak up. >> >> >> >> Your real-world expertise might be in building satellites or running a >> flower shop or selling shoes. You may not realize how much experience and >> knowledge you have that would apply to helping run a group of total plant >> nuts. Contact me or any board member. We're listed with email addresses in >> each Bulb Garden or through the PBS website. >> >> >> >> Please think about volunteering. Without volunteers we would not have such >> an incredible and special (not to say unique) plant and bulb exchange and >> a >> wonderful website well-known all over the world for information on bulbs. >> >> >> >> So you may not want to volunteer for the board - well surely, you must > have >> some special knowledge that would be helpful to others via our journal. >> Anyway, jump on board! >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> Robin Hansen >> >> President >> >> The Pacific Bulb Society >> >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.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://… > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.com/> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 20:05:11 -0800 From: Paige Woodward <paige@hillkeep.ca> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers Message-ID: <EA7B549D-B45B-4D58-856E-B4F9E8BE57F1@hillkeep.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Paige not Paigel > On Feb 9, 2023, at 8:03 PM, Paige Woodward <paige@hillkeep.ca> wrote: > > > Gosh. Was this exchange meant to be public? I blenched on reading open criticism of a member of the group. > > Paigei Woodward > > > >> On Feb 9, 2023, at 7:37 PM, R Hansen via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Laura, >> >> Oh, yes, I do know, unfortunately. We've had two people step forward to >> begin and then two more much more likely to be qualified today. One of the >> first two is pretty well known to Mary Sue, me and Jane McGary and he's not >> qualified for any position based on our previous experience with him. >> >> As Gastil pointed out, we should try to find younger members as most of us >> are graybeards...but appointing a v.p. from current members is quite a sound >> idea. Thanks for the advice! >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of >> Laura Grant via pbs >> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:33 PM >> To: Pacific Bulb Society >> Cc: Laura Grant >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers >> >> Hi Robin, >> From my past experiences with different hort clubs, iI would recomend you >> select vice president from the members of the board that you know well. >> Stay away from individuals you do not know. I will not elaborate, but I >> know you have been around hort clubs to know what I am talking about. >> Laura >> >> On Wed., Feb. 8, 2023, 12:15 p.m. R Hansen via pbs, < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >>> Good Morning, or Evening, wherever you are, >>> >>> >>> >>> We are still trying to find volunteers to staff the Pacific Bulb Society >>> board of directors. While we have been contacted by possible volunteers, >>> we'd like to remind all of you that our society runs on the willingness of >>> its members to help keep the society going, which means supporting the >> seed >>> and bulb exchanges, the forum, the list and the monumental bulb >>> encyclopedia >>> on our website. Every one of us potentially benefits from these perks and >>> they are all the result of willing volunteers. >>> >>> >>> >>> Most positions take a minimal amount of time. For board members in >> general, >>> that time consists of meetings of about an hour via Zoom four times a >> year. >>> That's not much, is it? Your input is needed on the board, particularly as >>> our society grows and needs guidance and new ideas. >>> >>> >>> >>> Two positions need to be filled: Vice-president - four meetings a year and >>> standing in for the president should they be unable to attend a meeting. >>> The >>> secretarial position does require a bit more work, good spelling (ok, >>> there's always Spellcheck, sort of) and making a record of the board >>> proceedings, again four times a year. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you're hesitant, don't be. If you're a lurker, step forward. What >>> training you might need is on the job. You'd be joining a board that has a >>> strong ethic of working together in a congenial manner with a willingness >>> to >>> listen and speak up. >>> >>> >>> >>> Your real-world expertise might be in building satellites or running a >>> flower shop or selling shoes. You may not realize how much experience and >>> knowledge you have that would apply to helping run a group of total plant >>> nuts. Contact me or any board member. We're listed with email addresses in >>> each Bulb Garden or through the PBS website. >>> >>> >>> >>> Please think about volunteering. Without volunteers we would not have such >>> an incredible and special (not to say unique) plant and bulb exchange and >>> a >>> wonderful website well-known all over the world for information on bulbs. >>> >>> >>> >>> So you may not want to volunteer for the board - well surely, you must >> have >>> some special knowledge that would be helpful to others via our journal. >>> Anyway, jump on board! >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Robin Hansen >>> >>> President >>> >>> The Pacific Bulb Society >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.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://… >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.com/> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum https://… > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 05:20:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> To: Paige Woodward via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers Message-ID: <1358979492.2947382.1676006402356@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I second that concern.? Trash the last volunteer and then wonder why others don't step forward. On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 11:05:27 PM EST, Paige Woodward via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: Paige not Paigel > On Feb 9, 2023, at 8:03 PM, Paige Woodward <paige@hillkeep.ca> wrote: > > > Gosh. Was this exchange meant to be public? I blenched on reading open criticism of a member of the group. > > Paigei Woodward > > > >> On Feb 9, 2023, at 7:37 PM, R Hansen via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Laura, >> >> Oh, yes, I do know, unfortunately. We've had two people step forward to >> begin and then two more much more likely to be qualified today. One of the >> first two is pretty well known to Mary Sue, me and Jane McGary and he's not >> qualified for any position based on our previous experience with him. >> >> As Gastil pointed out, we should try to find younger members as most of us >> are graybeards...but appointing a v.p. from current members is quite a sound >> idea. Thanks for the advice! >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of >> Laura Grant via pbs >> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:33 PM >> To: Pacific Bulb Society >> Cc: Laura Grant >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Need Volunteers >> >> Hi Robin, >> From my past experiences with different hort clubs, iI would recomend you >> select vice president from the members of the board that you know well. >> Stay away from individuals you do not know. I will not elaborate, but I >> know you have been around hort clubs to know what I am talking about. >> Laura >> >> On Wed., Feb. 8, 2023, 12:15 p.m. R Hansen via pbs, < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >>> Good Morning, or Evening, wherever you are, >>> >>> >>> >>> We are still trying to find volunteers to staff the Pacific Bulb Society >>> board of directors. While we have been contacted by possible volunteers, >>> we'd like to remind all of you that our society runs on the willingness of >>> its members to help keep the society going, which means supporting the >> seed >>> and bulb exchanges, the forum, the list and the monumental bulb >>> encyclopedia >>> on our website. Every one of us potentially benefits from these perks and >>> they are all the result of willing volunteers. >>> >>> >>> >>> Most positions take a minimal amount of time. For board members in >> general, >>> that time consists of meetings of about an hour via Zoom four times a >> year. >>> That's not much, is it? Your input is needed on the board, particularly as >>> our society grows and needs guidance and new ideas. >>> >>> >>> >>> Two positions need to be filled: Vice-president - four meetings a year and >>> standing in for the president should they be unable to attend a meeting. >>> The >>> secretarial position does require a bit more work, good spelling (ok, >>> there's always Spellcheck, sort of) and making a record of the board >>> proceedings, again four times a year. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you're hesitant, don't be. If you're a lurker, step forward. What >>> training you might need is on the job. You'd be joining a board that has a >>> strong ethic of working together in a congenial manner with a willingness >>> to >>> listen and speak up. >>> >>> >>> >>> Your real-world expertise might be in building satellites or running a >>> flower shop or selling shoes. You may not realize how much experience and >>> knowledge you have that would apply to helping run a group of total plant >>> nuts. Contact me or any board member. We're listed with email addresses in >>> each Bulb Garden or through the PBS website. >>> >>> >>> >>> Please think about volunteering. Without volunteers we would not have such >>> an incredible? and special (not to say unique) plant and bulb exchange and >>> a >>> wonderful website well-known all over the world for information on bulbs. >>> >>> >>> >>> So you may not want to volunteer for the board - well surely, you must >> have >>> some special knowledge that would be helpful to others via our journal. >>> Anyway, jump on board! >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Robin Hansen >>> >>> President >>> >>> The Pacific Bulb Society >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.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://… >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> http://www.avast.com/<http://www.avast.com/> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum https://… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… ------------------------------ End of pbs Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5 ********************************** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…