Wed., April 22
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Schedule of Meetings and Events
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9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. |
Registration / Commercial
Sales Set-up / Show Exhibit Installation - Plant
Entry ends 6:00 p.m. |
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2:00-6:00 p.m. |
AOS Trustee & Committee
Chairs Planning Mtg. |
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8:00 -10:00 p.m. |
Judges Forum - Frank
Slaughter: "Some thoughts on orchid education in the Age
of computers." Howard Bronstein: "Questions and Answers
about the Judging Center Program and AQ Plus." Bill
Thoms & Gary Kraus: "Update & Revisions of AOS Training
Aid Manual." |
Thurs., April 23
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7:30-9:00 a.m. |
AOS Committee
Chairs Breakfast* |
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8:00
a.m.-8:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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8:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. |
Orientation & Continental Breakfast -- judges/clerks
conducting ribbon judging*
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9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon |
Ribbon Judging* |
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9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon |
AOS Committee Meetings:
Affiliated Societies, Conservation, Judging,
Library/Archives, Membership, Publications, Research,
Special Funding, Education, Website, Technology
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12:00 noon-1:15 p.m. |
Judges Luncheon*
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1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. |
AOS Judging and
Photography |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. |
Official Ribbon
Cutting/Show Opening and Preview Party*
with
Commercial Sales |
Fri., April 24
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7:30-8:45 a.m. |
AOS Affiliated Societies Breakfast*
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8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Tour Bayou Bend $40 –
Depart Hilton Houston North – deadline 4/1/09* |
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9:00
a.m.-6:30 p.m. |
Registration |
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9:00-10:15 a.m. |
Keynote Address by
Michael Tibbs “African Orchids” |
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10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
AOS Trustees Meeting
(including lunch) |
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10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Show and Sales Open to
Public |
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10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Lecture – Nina Rach “Stanhopeas |
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12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Odontoglossum Alliance Lunch, Meeting,
Lecture and Plant Auction Bob Burkey –
“Odontoglossum Culture in Hawaii”
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1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. |
Lecture – Roy Tokunaga “Flared Cattleyas: Creating New
Exciting Colors” |
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2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
Lecture – Earl Bailey “Phragmipedium Hybridizing: The
Search for the Compact Phragmipedium” (Presented by the
Slipper Orchid Alliance) |
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4:00-5:30 p.m. |
Slipper Orchid Alliance
Meeting |
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6:00-9:00 p.m. |
Pleurothallid Alliance
Meeting and Lectures: Lynn O'Shaughnessy - "Culture of
the Pleurothallidinae - or How to Grow Weeds"; and Joe
Parker - "Draculas for the Less Fortunate" |
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7:00-10:00 p.m. |
IPA Directors Meeting |
Sat., April 25
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7:00-8:00 a.m. |
Judges Forum Breakfast*
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10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Show and Sales Open to
Public |
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9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. |
Tour Houston $40 – Depart
Hilton Houston North – deadline 4/1/09* |
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8:00-11:30 a.m. |
AOS
“Town Hall Meeting” followed by Annual Members Mtg.;
then AOS Re-organizational Mtg. |
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11:00-2:00 p.m. |
SWROGA Committee Meetings
and General Business Meeting with Silent Auction |
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11:30-12:45 p.m |
Lecture - Robert Dressler “Recent Work on Sobralias and
Lankester Garden” |
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12:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. |
IPA Members Meeting and
lunch*
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1:00-3:00 p.m. |
ODC Annual Meeting |
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1:00-2:15 p.m. |
Lecture – Peter Furniss “Orchid Shows and Judging
Systems Around the World” |
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2:30-3:45 p.m. |
Lecture – Michael Tibbs “Disa” |
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2:30-4:00 p.m. |
AOS Finance
Committee |
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2:15-7:30 p.m. |
AOS Auction Preparation,
and Auction Preview followed by AOS Auction |
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7:30-10:00 p.m. |
Banquet* -
Menu on registration form |
Sun., April 26
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9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. |
Show and Sales Open to
Public – Breakdown at 4:00 p.m. |
