I have received the latest AHS membership rosters from the wonderful AHS Executive Secretary, Pat Mercer. I get these lists a few times a year and they are very useful. It shows me how many members are in our region, how many new members have joined and how many have not renewed.
This information is available for any local club president or representative who may want to use this information to communicate to new members in their area. Please contact me if you are interested in receiving a copy. Today (March 3) I will email it to the local club contacts I have for just this purpose. If you do not receive it, or would like a new copy, please let me know.
The good news is that renewals are up for AHS and for Region 2. So far for 2010 there are 10 new members in Illinois, 6 in Indiana, 9 in Michigan, 16 in Ohio, and 6 in Wisconsin. Club presidents and membership chairs, please reach out to these folks. Send them a flyer, send them a voucher for your next plant sale, send them a set of your clubs newsletters from last year...send them some daylily love! We all remember what it felt like to be a new member, and for some of us, that experience was not all hearts and flowers - do your best to make it awesome for someone else!
Speaking of hearts and flowers, here is David Kirchhoff's H. 'Hearts and Flowers.' Stunning, stunning, stunning, and not typical of a daylily done by "the David." I have grown this since 2002 and it gets better every year. This last summer it decided to exhibit polymerous characteristics on many of its blooms, which made for a real interesting display.
And speaking of David, he is the featured speaker at the SMDS Spring Banquet coming up on April 18th in southeast Michigan. For more details, please visit http://www.daylilyclub.net/. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. I know I will not miss it. They have a raffle and auction to die for!
Back on topic, I would encourage you to reach out to the folks on the "New member" list in your area and invite them to your next club event, or your next open garden.
Friends are found everywhere...
Here's me (far left) clerking at the 2008 Southern Michigan Daylily Society Exhibition Show. I look like I'm in deep thought, don't I? In the photo with me are L-R: AHS Helen Field Fischer Medal Winner Hal Rice, Pam Klein and Elaine Schultz. Clerking is a great way to learn about judging, exhibiting and most of all, patience! It sure is hard to keep your mouth shut while clerking when you also are an accredited judge and seasoned exhibitor.
That's all for now, friends. I hope to see you along the garden path sometime this summer.
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