[BSW] Meeting Reminder + Holiday Potluck + Misc.

[Kathy Bilton]

Meeting reminder:  Tuesday, November 6 at 7:00 PM.  Details follow the 
information about the December holiday potluck.
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The holiday potluck is coming up on Tuesday, December 4.

Starting time is 6 pm. Doors will open at 5:30 pm for set up.

The sign up sheet is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RBixwitzhqsemzOOoUUW2wi4zwI_u8kzOTWmH-MV72Q/edit

(When you bring your dish to the potluck, please label it with the
ingredients. Labeling material will be provided)

The cost is $10 per person and we will provide, drinks (wine, beer, fruit
juice & water) and bread.  Everyone should try to bring an
appetizer, entré, salad or dessert.

We'll be having it in our regular meeting room, WG-33 -
the VZ Conference Room.

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*** NOTE: Parking in the museum lot is no longer available. ***

Next meeting: Tuesday, November 6 at 7 P.M.
Topic: Plant Conservation Trends in North America North of Mexico
Speaker: Dr. Anne Frances, Lead Botanist, NatureServe

A flyer for the meeting is here: http://botsoc.org/nov18.pdf

Location: VZ Conference Room (WG 33)
Ground Floor of the West Wing, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC.

Please email Rob Soreng at the address sorengr at si.edu 
to arrange for a pass to get to the meeting room.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The 
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th 
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the 
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

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