https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&rss=a4BHE4e4 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:44:31 GMT Mon, 14 May 2012 12:20:02 GMT Copyright © 2012 American Hemerocallis Society Several Announcements from AHS https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=143368 https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=143368 First, I hope everyone has a fantastic bloom season.   Like many, I'm feeling some anxiety because the bloom season is so early this year.  My garden is on Regional tour, which is still six weeks away and have been wondering exactly WHAT will be blooming by the end of June?  Guess we will all find out eventually what Mother Nature has in store for us.  The picture was the entrance to my garden a few weeks ago. Scapes are everywhere, although no blooms yet.

I  have several announcements from AHS:  

First, the much anticipated Landscape Book is now being shipped!  If you haven't ordered your copy yet, don't procrastinate for too long!   

Secondly, if you haven't yet viewed the new Promotional VIdeo for AHS created by Charlie Dorsey, please be sure to take a moment and view it.  It's only two and a half minutes.  Please feel free to view it here ( see the ad on the left rail)  and you can download it for FREE from the AHS website.  Be sure to encourage your clubs to use it at meetings, shows, and sales this summer.Finally,  I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at this summer's National Meeting, or maybe at the Regional meetings in Regions 3, 9 and 14!

 Best wishes to all,

 Julie

 

]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 13:20:02 GMT Announcement from the AHS President https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=139625 https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=139625 The AHS Board of Directors has  ratified my appointment of a new Director for AHS Region 13 ( Louisiana and Arkansas) due to the recent resignation of Ken Begnaud  due to job related issues.   

I am pleased to tell you that Pat Soileau from Louisiana has accepted the appointment to fill this position and will take the position as Chair of Long Range Planning for AHS.  You can contact Pat at this AHS email address: planning@daylilies.org

Pat is a long time member of AHS, ( 1994) an active Garden Judge, Exhibition Judge and Exhibition Judge Instructor.  She is a member of the CENLA Daylily Society, the Baton Rouge Daylily Society and the Hattiesburg ( MS) Daylily Society.


Congratulations to Pat as our newest member of the AHS Board!

Best regards to all,

Julie



]]> Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:37:06 GMT AHS Membership and other announcements https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=137778 https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=137778 Greetings fellow AHS members and daylily friends, 

The topic of how to get new members and keep our current members is discussed not only in the AHS Board room, but at our Regional meetings and on the E-mail robin.  At last week's MWS - the wonderful Region 10 winter meeting - this topic was discussed, and I told several people there that I would post Joe Goudeau's letter which was sent out last year to club presidents all over the country.   You can read Joe's letter which is attached here . It is also posted in the Community forums under Building Clubs.  Please take time to read it if you haven't seen it before or even if you have.  Building membership starts with each one of us at the club level, one person at the time.

I have a couple of announcements which you may know of already.  The first is that we have a site for the 2015 National Convention, thanks to two Region 5 clubs in the Atlanta, GA area - the Cobb County club and the Greater Atlanta club. Thanks to these region 5 folks for stepping up.  But please know that we want to keep having National conventions every year and we really, really need other interested clubs to volunteer NOW to host the 2016 and 2017  National Conventions, as these events take time to plan.  Please contact our AHS Convention chair, Eddie Raye Andrews, if interested at : conventions@dayliies.org.

The AHS is willing to work with clubs in any way possible to enable them to host a National meeting, so please get more information if you are interested.  There will be a forum on Convention planning at this year's National meeeting in Columbus, which will be a great place to learn more.

Finally, if you are a garden judge or an exhibition judge, please be aware that we have two SEPARATE handbooks for 2012.  Every judge should be using these new handbooks beginning now as the old one is obsolete.  We are currently getting pricing and shipping information and will soon be able to offer these new handbooks in the Online Store, so please check there over the next few weeks.  You can also download the handbooks FREE from the AHS website until July 1st and then all of the judges materials will be located here on the AHS Portal.

I hope you all are enjoying the Scavenger Hunt and the "Ask A Hybridizer" feature on the Portal.   Beginning with the Spring 2012 issue, you will be able to read the Daylily Journal here on the Portal too!

Best wishes to all,

Julie 





]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:34:44 GMT Greetings from the AHS President https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=136651 https://www.daylilynetwork.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=637954&post=136651 Greetings fellow daylily lovers and AHS members,

Thank you for visiting our Members Portal.  We are working to make changes and updates so that you will want to visit more often.
Look for a new tab on the left side of the front page called "Administrative Files." This contains the working documents of our society as well as the 15 AHS Regions and any member is free to browse through this page, as we want to keep the working of our society open to our members. If you scroll down the page, you will see a section called "Regional Offices at a Glance." These are essentially summaries of job descriptions for the various regional offices. If you should be asked to accept one of these positions, you can quickly find out what the responsibilities of the job will be.

Also look under the "Contact Us" tab and scroll down to the flyout that says "AHS Robin contacts" and you will see email links to the leaders of all the AHS sponsored email robins, as well as other contact information for various AHS "go to" people. 

Look for more files which pertain to "Members only" to be moved to the Portal in the future, and please come back to visit often. Be sure to visit the Community forms and post on items of interest to you. 

The Portal staff is constantly looking for ways to improve this site, so please submit a "contact us" form or post in the top section of the forums if you have questions about this site. Also, please feel free to contact me or the Ombudsman for any other questions or concerns that are AHS related.   We are here to assist you in our various capacities.

I look forward to seeing and meeting many of you at the upcoming MWS in a few weeks as well as the Region 2 Winter Symposium in February, or perhaps we'll meet along the "daylily trail" some other time this year. Please come up and say hi.

I'll close by posting a few images of this flower we all love. These were a few favorite blooms from the 2011 bloom season here in my Virginia garden.

Best wishes to all,
Julie Covington
president@daylilies.org


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