Re: Yesterday's California Meeting/Seminar

Hi List--
I did attend the California Growers' Meeting & the "Round Table" growers'
talks was absolutely the best....they answered all questions w/ so much
enthusiasm and expertise I found out about a lot of valuble information and
lots of notes to help w/ some of my specific growing questions--I will
definitely attend again. Great job from everyone!
Rebecca Steward
Martinez, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Webster" <PumpkinDude@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:06 PM
Subject: Yesterday's California Meeting/Seminar


> The California growers would like to thank all the growers world wide
> who donated seeds to the raffle that we had at our Meeting/Seminar
yesterday.
> The seed selection for our raffle and auction was absolutely spectacular.
> Thanks to your generosity there is no doubt that we will see quite a few
more
> California growers join the 1000 lb. club in '03.
>
> For the educational part of our Seminar, our organizers tried a format
that
> we have not used before. Instead of having a "guest speaker" or a
> "panel of growers" they opted for a "Round Table" format.
> Here's how it worked........there were about 125 attendees at the Seminar.
> There were about 12 tables set up with about 10 people sitting at each
table.
> To start out each table was assigned a "top experienced grower" to answer
any
> questions that the 10 people sitting at the table wanted to ask. Some of
the
> "top
> experienced growers" educating the intermediate and new growers were Pete
> Glasier,
> Jack Vezzolo, Jon Hunt, Greg Stucker, Ken Mitchell, Bob Troy, Lornen
> Vanderschoot,
> Gary Miller, Vince Zunino (just to name a few).
> About every 15 minutes the "experienced growers" would rotate to a
different
> table.
> Again and again the 10 people at each table had exposure to "another top
> grower".
> Most of the attendees at the Seminar said they really liked the "Round
Table"
> format.
> The information that was exchanged using this format was phenomenal.
> Organizers Zach Jones and Brian Myers said that they will likely use this
> format again.
> Hanging out yesterday with all the growers and browsing the seed tables
with all
> the great seeds has me all fired up and ready to plant.......geez I wish I
> didn't
> have to wait 8 more weeks !!
>
> Best of luck to all in '03
> George Webster
> Seed Raffle Committee
>
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