[Aroid-l] 2nd Annual Aroid show?

From: mossytrail at hctc.com (mossytrail) on 2007.10.13 at 18:32:54(16483) Are there geographic areas where our membership tends to cluster? These might be good places to consider local shows, maybe local chapters. Many types of plant-related organizations are locally based -- there are local garden clubs, local orchid societies, etc. Is it possible to have local aroid societies? This is the sort of thing that members in the respective regions would need to handle, not rely on the central organization. I had a funny thought. I had this image in my mind of an Aroid Pride Parade. Instead of drag queens in convertibles waving rainbow flags, do it up in an Araceae theme. This can get very creative if we want it to be -- in Olympia, Washington there is the annual Procession of the Species, in which participants dress in costumes of various endangered animals. I can envision a fabulous Aroid Mardi Gras.... I think I'd better stop before I get too over-the-top. Anyway, if there are regions where we cluster, members in those regions might be able to put together something on the appropriate scale. Grassroots organizing is a good place to begin. +More Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

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