By this time next week, we’ll be on our way home from the high point of the year for the ADS, the National Convention and Show. I hope to see many of you in Murphys. We’ll encourage photo updates posted from the scene so that the rest of you can have feel for what proves to be a super event.
Many thanks to Bob Spotts and Nancy Tackett and…. Gosh, I’d better not try to list all for fear of leaving one out, but it”s clear that the planning is sound, the venue that we all have known about is unique, and we will have a ball. The list of expected attendees guarantees great blooms in the show, interesting presentations and discussions at the convention sessions, fascinating side tours, and an abundance of sociability in the local watering holes. Wish you all were going to be there.
Here’s something you might do just before you leave for Murphys – today would be good. Or, if you can’t make it there, this can help the Society while you ponder what you might have done or seen at Murphys:
Spend 10 minutes to follow through on the SWOT project. Remember? The acronym stands for
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
and the intent is for you to forward your reflections on what each of those may be for the American Daffodil Society. The results will be shared at some point in the next months. The data may contribute to future planning for the organization, or it may just provide a snapshot of what the membership thinks about its own Society.
Send an email to
with your contribution. Any format is fine. The results will be collated and will be anonymous.
A PDF of the description in the Journal is attached.
Thanks to those of you who already sent your comments and views.
And, while this may not be my last email to daffnet this week, I will use it to say thanks to all who have contributed to the ADS in the past and especially to those who made a difference in the ADS during the past 2 years. A volunteer organization succeeds or fails largely based on the extraordinary efforts of the committed few. We’ve had an unusually large number of successes from those committed few, which made my role easy and a pleasure. With such commitments we may look forward to many more years of success for the American Daffodil Society.
George Dorner, President
American Daffodil Society