Albany Orchid Society Inc. January 2023 Newsletter
Dend. Hilda Poxton
Encyc. Green Hornet Buttons
January 2023Newsletter
| President | Mrs Barbara Hawes | 0419422916 |
| Vice President | Mr. Ron Panting | (08)98411695 |
| Secretary | Mrs. Shirley Hawkins | 0407971758 |
| Treasurer | Mr. Glen Diggins | 0411054750 |
| Newsletter | Mrs Carol White | 0488533377 |
Patron: Mr Murray Montgomery AM
Next Meeting:-Sunday26thFebruary2023
Benching Plants to be placed by 1.30pm
Meeting Starts at 2 pm.
VenueAlbany Bridge Club, Mill St Albany
Competition
PlantsThe Competition Plantto be presented for assessment next month is:-Cymbidium Khanebone“Jacinta” x Darch Joy Little “ Toy”
Events this Month
Morning Tea
Fridaythe10thFebruary at‘The View’ at the Entertainment Centreat 10 am.
Committee Meeting
The next committee meeting will be held onFriday24thFebruary2023at1.30 at Vancouver Café.
Web Site
Glen is still trying to contact Simon who designed our website to make some changes, but isn’t havingmuch luck, he has a new lead on how to contact him, so will continue trying.Julie menetioned that someother clubs have put their websites up on Facebook,the possibility of us doing this will be discussed if Glencan get hold of Simon.
Term Deposit
Glen reportedthat $12,000 was deposited on the 2ndDecember for 3 months, it is due to mature on the2ndMarch this year, he suggested that as interest rates are going to increase shortly after this, that wewait to see what the new rate is like before re-investing it for 12 months.
Easter Raffle / Display
Avote was held to decide if the Members wanted to hold a Raffle / Display this year, there were 3 votes infavour and 8 votes against, so there will be no raffle this year.
Mother’s Day Display
Future of this is to be decided at a meeting closer to the day.
Clarence Estate Visit
This was discussed with a majority of members in favourof holding it this year, details are to beforthcoming at a later meeting.
Competition Plants
Diedre has asked if more members could bring in their competition plants for assessment please as thereweren’t many presented this month.
Afternoon Tea
Mary is going to retire as our Afternoon Tea Lady, Is there anyone in the club who is willing to take over forher please? It isn’t too arduous a job and there is a yearly stipend tocover the costs.
Thank you Mary for having done a great job.
Benching Results
The winner of the Open sectionwas Julie with 12 points. Congratulations.
The Winner of the Novice Sectionwas Terri Thompson with 3 points. Congratulations.
Most popular votein the Open Sectionwas to a tie between Julie with her Oncidium Gower Ramsey‘Orange’ andGail with her Sartylus ‘Blue Knob’. Congratulations
The most popular vote in the Novice Sectionwent to Terri Thompson for her Phalaenopsis “Unknown”
Raffle
The winners of the raffle this month wereTerri Thompson and Janet Bevan.Congratulations.
Door Prize
The winner of the Door Prize this month was Janet Bevan. Congratulations.
