Just a thought, what about a mock student judging class session.
Have some members bring in plants & have a resident judge tell all!
It could be staggered over several meetings as there is probably a
ton of info.
Cheers Wendy (Who has only been to one society meeting in her life)!

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:15:38 GMT, Diana Kulaga wrote:

All,

I'm going into my second year as veep of our local OS, and I'm in charge of
doing an orchid clinic, which I do myself, and also scheduling speakers. The
speakers are the simple part, since we have many wonderful growers in the
area. Anyone have unique ideas for society meetings? I found a couple of
Kathy's, and I'm definitely going to try them. Repotting, semi-hydro,
mounting, etc, are all pretty much worn thin.

And to get the ball rolling, I'll share a format that I occasionally use,
with great success. I break the attendees into smaller groups (one time I
handed out cards with pictures of 4 different orchids and the attendees had
to find the members of their group without talking - funny), and put someone
experienced in charge of each, doing whatever demonstration I've planned.

All input greatly appreciated!

Diana