SAOS Standing Committees SAOS Organization | Officers & Directors | Standing Committees | Special Committeess   Lola Stark Exhibit Committee Chair The Exhibit Committee plans, organizes, puts in and removes exhibits at shows in which the SAOS elects to participate. A new committee is formed for each planned exhibit. Here are the guidelines for individual exhitors and show committee members. For some great guidance, check out Greg Allikas' short course on putting in an exhibit: Master Class, AOS Point Scale, Color Flow, How Much Do I Need and Checklist.   Wendy Thomas Librarian The Library Committee maintains the SAOS library, recommends new purchases and coordinates with members to borrow and return books. The Library page has a complete listing of library resources and borrowing procedures.   Gail Marshall Membership Committee Chair The Membership Committee introduces new members and guests to the purpose and benefits of the SAOS, distributes membership information and introduces new members and guests to the purpose and benefits of the SAOS. If you are aware of a significant event in the lives of one of our members, make sure to let Sunshine Coordinator Ellen Roehrig know.   Terry and Sue Bottom Newsletter Editors The Newsletter Committee publishes and distributes the monthly SAOS newsletter. Regular contributors include Sue Bottom, Lola Stark, Mark Heilman and Courtney Hackney. Members are invited to submit articles describing their growing practices for the Home and Backyard Orchid Growing feature. Feel free to submit articles for a regular or special newsletter column.   Jeanette Smith Operations Committee Chair The Operations Committee works to  ensure the monthly meetings of the SAOS are successfully implemented.  Many members participate. Hospitality Table. Unlike many societies that solicit volunteers to bring refreshments each month, our gracious hostess Jeanette Smith provides the goodies on our hospitality table. Throw your spare change into the donations jar to fund her efforts. Welcome Table. Rae Coletti and Dick Roth man the Welcome Table to greet visitors and guests and give out name tags. If you have questions, they'll introduce you to someone who will get you the answers. Raffle Tickets. Plants are available on the raffle table at each meeting. Christie Peppard organizes the plant raffle and runs the raffle and auction with Auctioneer Extraordinaire Fred Keefer. Somehow our newcomers always seem to go home with a new orchid! Show Table. Members bring their blooming orchids to the show table. After oohing and aahing, members are asked to vote for their favorite orchid on the Show Table and Dick Roth announces the Members Choice. Terry Bottom photographs the orchids. Clean Up Volunteers. Volunteers stay a little while after the meeting to help rearrange and clean up tables and sweep up. Watson Realty graciously offers us the use of their conference room, we need to leave it in as good or better condition than we found it.   Sue Bottom Program Committee Chair The Program Committee selects speakers for the Monthly Meetings and Keiki Club, invites them to present their programs and coordinates their travel plans. Keiki Club Coordinator Bob Martin schedules Keiki Club activities and coordinates travel arrangements.   Vivienne Rowe Publicity Committee Chair The Publicity Committee is responsible for ensuring club activities are publicized, monthly meetings and local orchid events are advertised and flyers are posted in local nurseries, the library and any other place orchidists might gather.   Sue and Terry Bottom Webmasters The Website Committee maintains the website and keeps it current by posting information about the SAOS and its events, upcoming orchid shows, orchid cultural information, links to site of interest and photographs of orchids brought to the Show Table.