SRGC forum member - informal poll

[David Pilling]

I recall I looked for seed exchanges on Google, found the web site, read it a bit, joined the SRGC and then registered on the forum.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Joined the SRGC 10 years ago
Discovered this Forum 3-4 years ago - was flabbergasted by the zillions of magnificent pix by JOF, Ranunculus, Mark, etc.... and was mesmerized by so much knowledge about plants in general and alpines in particular out here that I never left....  I registered virtually immediately and then started to take part in the discussions shortly after that..  I haven't regretted it  

[David Shaw]

We joined the SRGC in the mid 1980's and, looking back at the old forum, I see that I was posting by March 2002.
This is a great club and a wonderful talking shop, we have had so many benefits from being members of both.

[Carol Shaw]

Such diversity, from the modest to the precocious to the downright hyperactive..... I think all human life may be here....

Maggi - like the new avatar 

[tonyg]

4 questions - 4 answers
No: No: Yes: Yes
One more question - are we having too many polls?   (There are plenty of interesting, fact filled threads to plough through

[Maggi Young]

Yes I have been lurking for some time.  I am now registered and am a member of SRGC.  Next step I will introduce myself in the New-be area.

Marianne Kuchel
Vermont, USA

 Welcome, Marianne, good to have you here. We'll look forward to hearing more about you and your gardening passions later 

[Lesley Cox]

And in answer to the last question Mark, some may be inclined to answer "Mind your own business!"
For the record, the lot of you are babies. I joined SRGC in 1961, same time as AGS.

I guess we're not having too many polls so long as people still answer them. But.....

[Maggi Young]

Maggi - like the new avatar 

Thank you!
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For Ian and I, we have been closely involved in the Forum of the SRGC from the beginning  
Since he began writing the Bulb Log in 2003 he has had less time to participate in Forum threads but I have had much more involvement in the New Forum as a Moderator.
So the questions do not quite apply to us since we are part of the forum furniture!

Are you a fully paid -up  member of the SRGC?   Oh, yes, both of us, from the 1980s some time...... before that we got the Journal passed on to us by a neighbour!!   We joined the AGS at the same time.

[Maggi Young]

some may be inclined to answer "Mind your own business!"

Indeed, I expect that those folks WON'T answer!

Interesting to see how some are not full SRGC members and how quite a few full members came first to the forum though....   

[maggiepie]

This is my first poll and I am finding it very interesting, picking up a few more snippets about people helps you get to know them.
How else would I know Lesley is almost due for her 50th anniversary, the mind boggles, at least mine does.
Who has been a member the longest?
Had to watch what I was saying there 

[annew]

I joined in as soon as Mark told me about it. I was already a SRGC member.

[Gunilla]

Often when I googled for information about plants I ended up here or at the bulblogs.  I started to read Ians bulblogs every week and then registered on the forum. It took some time before my first posting.    I am a member of SRGC.

[mark smyth]

really, Anne?!

[tonyg]

And in answer to the last question Mark, some may be inclined to answer "Mind your own business!"
For the record, the lot of you are babies. I joined SRGC in 1961, same time as AGS.

I guess we're not having too many polls so long as people still answer them. But.....

I bow to a Senior authority - I was indeed a babe in 1961  a fact I pointed out to Michael Upward on holiday soon after his retirement from the AGS.  He became Secretary of the AGS in 1961 .... his reply to my comment was predictably brief!

I joined the forum because I wanted to talk crocuses with other enthusiasts.  The current standard of discussion is fantastic!

[Casalima]

Forum member since Nov 2006.

SRCG member on and off since 2003 (according to the journals on my bookshelf). I now have a 5 year membership to avoid the off moments! And I managed to sign myself up twice for 5 year membership - so I passed the "double" on to a dear friend!