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MAAVS in TULSA, May 28-31, 2008
The annual AVSA convention is in Tulsa, OK this year. The AVSA convention is scheduled for Reno, Nevada next year. We at MAAVS need your help to bring the AVSA convention East of the Mississippi once again. The AVSA convention has been held 4 or 5 times in a row in the Western US and while we love the West as well as anyone, we need to bring the Society back to the East.MAAVS has bid to host the AVSA convention in Raleigh, NC for 2010. In order to accomplish this end please join us for an impromptu meeting in Tulsa at the AVSA convention. Exact time and date to be determined, but you know MAAVS!!!! We may just get together in the bar some evening of the convention and plan an AVSA convention MAAVS style (which is fun and informal, emphasis on the fun part). Marie Burns said that if the meeting is too boring she will be the entertainment in the bar for the evening. Be sure to join us!!!!
If you have any ideas for convention themes, friends you would like to volunteer, tasks that you want to volunteer for, or anything else, send an email to tom at maavs.org.
007, Bond...James Bond
Oct 11, 2007 The 2007 MAAVS convention, themed 007, Bond ... James Bond, was an outstanding success in York, PA. The convention opened Oct 11, 2007. Marie Burns won the top three horticultural awards: Best in Show, Second Best in Show and Third Best in Show. The complete text listing of award winners is now online.The 2007 convention link on the left will take you to some of the MAAVS highlights in York PA.
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Best in Show -
Gentle May
grown by Marie Burns
007, Bond ... James
Oct 2007
York, PA
Marie Burns is shown holding the Best in Show, Gentle May. On either side of her on the Honors Table can be seen Blue Eyed Russia, the third runner up (on the left) and Yukako, the second runner up (on the right), also grown by Marie Burns.
MAAVS 18th Annual Convention
For 2008 we will be in Fredricksburg, VA from Nov 13-15. The 2008 convention link on the left will have the latest details as they become available.Washington Post African Violet Story
February 1, 2007The Washington Post had a nice African Violet article titled "Violet Overcomes Fusty Stereotype". Interviewed are several prominent African Violet personalities including our own Ken Barbi. Click on the story title and check it out.
(It must have been a good story. The same article, word for word identical, appeared in some newspapers on Mothers Day, May 13)
MAAVS eMemo
From here you can subscribe to the MAAVS eMemo. This is an electronic format (a pdf file) of the MAAVS Memo. The quality of the pictures in the MAAVS eMemo is better than the printed version, plus you can be the first on your block to get the Memo when it comes out. Subscribe today!!!!
The August 2007 MAAVS eMemo is available on the MAAVS Memo page. Click the "MAAVS Memo" link at the left This is an Adobe Acrobat pdf file.As with any endeavor, problems are bound to crop up. Send mail to tom at maavs.org if you're having problems or call me at 1-919-362-8532 and I'll try to fix the problem.
