In This Issue

Listening to the news reports Covid-19 has companies rethinking how they are going to structure their businesses going forward. The same is happening to the BACPS, and amidst the chaos, I see a better, more active, and more fun organization developing. For example, our speaker this month is going to be sitting comfortably, if maybe a little bleary-eyed and ready for bed, in the UK. I see virtual meetings becoming a permanent feature of the BACPS schedule even though I’m looking forward to seeing you in person again. 

Virtual BACPS Show and Sale

We are working furiously to create the first Virtual BACPS Show & maybe sale. Start taking pictures of the plants that you want to enter. Expect expanded and new categories that were not possible or practical in an on-site show and sale. Bear with us as we are building this fast and furiously. If you have had any experience with any other clubs doing something like this please contact me here. The more input the better.

Facebook, Instagram, and Online Presence

All that being said, we need to up our game for web presence and backend systems. I am putting together a group of friendly helpful people that want to be active moderators and posters for the BACPS. If you love carnivorous plants and want to help the BACPS and its members by keeping up with posts, create polls, and keep content up to date, please, WE NEED YOU! Send me an email. Some of these positions could become board positions.

Backend Systems

We have a couple of web experts working on our backend automation but more input is always appreciated. We need a cloud-based database to track members and it should automate memberships. We are putting together a system to handle submissions for the show and sale as well. If you have experience with any of these things or have some ideas, could you reach out to me? You don’t have to feel committed to implementing these things if you don’t have time. But there is so much out there to look at, your experience might help us get it right the first time. Send me an email.

Newsletter Content from you!

We want to add content to our newsletters from you! Yes YOU, our BACPS members! We can’t meet face to face, and even if we do, we often don’t get to talk long. Share with us a picture of you with your plants. If you are really ambitious, tell us how long you have been a cp grower, what your first plant was, what was your favorite plant this, and what is your favorite now. Share a tip or something that you learned that surprised you. Send your pictures here.