Next meeting Sunday May 4th, 1pm

Annual Orchid Auction

Revised- Our May meeting (May 4th) will be at 1pm across the parking lot at the Parish Hall, and will be our Annual Orchid Auction. Follow the link for more details.

The Southern Tier OS will have their Annual Orchid Show and Sale the end of the month (April 25th-27th) at the Oakdale Mall in Johnson City (Binghamton area). We will need plants for the displays and volunteers to help set up and take down the displays. If someone were able to help and bring along a minivan or other large vehicle for carrying plants and supplies, that would be very helpful. Please contact Member Iris Cohen to pre-register your plants for these displays. Also contact co-Presidents John Bradley or Monica Kot to find out where to drop off or pick up your plants that you have volunteered for the displays.

Just a note for everyone that has traveled to the Greater NY OS Show in NYC in the past, there will be no show this year due to problems finding a proper, affordable venue.

There is a new Newsletter Editor on the block! Member Eva Galson has very kindly volunteered to do the newsletter, much to former Editor Charles Ufford's extreme relief! If you have any ideas for the newsletter please let her know. She is 'retired', so she has tons of time (smile) to spend on the newsletter and is open to suggestions. We have also had a few other volunteers step forward and we all would like to extend our appreciation to them as well! Three cheers and extra cookies from the snack table for you...........

Dues for 2008 were due at our December meeting. Please bring your membership dues to the next meeting. Your dues are what pays for our show, speakers and newsletters, and it makes it very difficult to do business if we don't receive your dues in a timely fashion. After the April meeting, we will no longer be able to send out newsletters to those that aren't current on their dues. Thank you very kindly.

Our website now hosts three photo galleries. One is our Virtual Showtable page, which also has a section for you to display your growing areas. The second is the Show Pictures page where images from our orchid shows can be viewed, and the third gallery is the Native Orchids page. Several members and friends go on orchid treks each year, and this is where they can post and you can view their pictures. Sometimes they also take pictures of other interesting plants they find along the way.
If you are a neighboring orchid society member (doesn't have to be nearby) you can register and upload pictures to your own galleries as well. We just ask that all pictures be of orchids that match the gallery type. If you are a member of a neighboring orchid society and would like to post pictures, please contact Charles Ufford for details.

Don't forget to bring your flowering orchids to the next meeting!

Also a reminder that our newsletter and website have a section where Members can post a list of orchids or orchid-related items they wish to sell/buy/trade. If you are a neighboring orchid society (including Canada) and will be having an orchid auction, these can be listed there as well as on our events calendar. Send requests to Newsletter Editor Eva Galson and your list will be put in the newsletter and on our website. Please submit your request at least two weeks before the next scheduled meeting - Thanks!

Hope to see you at our next meeting or event!

See the CNYOS calendar for other regional orchid-related events!