LA BALLONA VALLEY BROMELIAD SOCIETY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2009 **************************************************************** Meeting Meeting: Wednesday, 28 January at 7:30 pm in the Rotunda Room at the Veterans Memorial Hall. Speaker: Ivan Snyder from the Los Angeles Carnivorous Plant Society will talk about carnivorous plants. Raffle: Ray Van Veen will supply the raffle table. Drinks: Denise Pidd Food: Jean Allaria, Eva Szalontai, and Denise Pidd **************************************************************** From Gloria Glover: 2009 LBVBS Membership $5 Membership dues for 2009 are due. Gloria will be collecting dues at the January meeting or you can send a check made payable to: LBVBS c/o Gloria Grover (address redacted) Amazon Trips Lorraine Kaminsky Martins will be hosting three trips this year to the Amazon. MARGARET MEE´S CENTENNIAL AMAZON TRIP - (17th trip) May 18 - 24, 2009 DULCE NASCIMENTO´S ELEVENTH BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION May 25 - 3l, 2009 ECO TOUR WITH RIVER SNORKELING - AN AMAZÕNIAN ADVENTURE July 20 - August 2, 2009 For more information please contact: Lorraine Kaminsky Martins Rua Joseph Bloch, 49, Apto.C0-2 - Copacabana Rio de Janeiro, R.J., Brasil 22031-040 Tel./Fax: (55-21) 2257-1510 E-mail: lorraine13@terra.com.br **************************************************************** From Denise Pidd: Refreshment Sign-up List For those of you who signed up to bring in refreshments in January: I apologize, but I've lost the list so people have volunteered to replace you. I will bring another list to the meeting. Hope this doesn't cause anyone any inconvenience. Thanks, Denise **************************************************************** Administrivia The La Ballona Valley Bromeliad Society meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, January through October, in the Rotunda Room at Veterans Memorial Hall, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. Please send any items for the newsletter to (email address redacted) Emmit Willis, President Jim Jaeger, Vice-President Don Misumi, Treasurer Gloria Grover, Membership Jean Yoshii, Newsletter