This threads seems to have become "what speakers we do or don't like." I was hoping it would be useful for secretaries to look through for ideas for their meetings and give me ideas for our branch meetings when we are unable to get a speaker. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to...

A plant quiz is a great idea. We are very keen to have plants brought in for meetings so this would tie in well.

We also used to have a mini table show which stopped when the meetings were cancelled. This is something I am keen to start again.

I wondered if it would be difficult to make a Q&A evening work.

One of our members has a few of YouTube/internet snippet presentations prepared in case we have a meeting without a speaker. I think it's a great idea to have a few "emergency" meetings prepared.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to reply with some great suggestions. A mini show sounds like a fun evening and is something I will be trying to organise for next year. I like the idea of a quiz evening. It would be great if any branches who had done quizzes in the past could share thes...

This sounds very interesting and I have emailed for the powerpoint pack.
Thank you.

I am the secretary of Bradford branch and I am looking for any ideas for branch meetings which have been a little different to the norm. Since Covid we have only had speakers from the branch and have tried to come up with ideas for meetings which will be interesting for everyone but involving our ow...

Thank you for the extra names. We've added all the names ready for the auction this evening.

Thank you for the names. The other name we've got is Ferocactus latispinus - more than one plant. It is the branch auction tomorrow so I'll check back before then in case anyone adds any more. Bradford branch has a lot of new members so I think they'll particularly appreciate buying a labelled plant...

Bradford branch have had some Ferocactus and at least 1 Echinocactus donated for the branch auction next week. They seem to be great plants in good condition, but unfortunately none have labels, so we'd like to be able to put names to some of them if anyone can help. ferocactus.jpg ferocactus 2.jpg ...

At the Leeds mart most people who did turn up seemed to be relative newcomers to the hobby, so the organisers seem to have managed to attract some newbies and it was BCSS members who mostly didn't visit.