Old Business

1. 2002 Foray
   1. Dave felt the advance (with registration) task volunteer list worked well.
   2. Use sign-up sheets for field trips.
   3. Doing a presort of mushrooms collected each day, away from the display area, helped to reduce the untidiness and clutter at the display area.
   4. After foray, return the collected mushrooms to the woods.
   5. Field Trip Safety

      Structure is a good safety practice, e.g. sign-up sheets.

      Should always be a minimum of two vehicles and three people per trip.

      Each vehicle is responsible for keeping track of the vehicle immediately in its trace.

2. Mushroom Cooking Demonstration

   Carlo Gislimberti (Villa Fontana, Taos) expected to present it for NMMS members in late September / early October time frame.

   Note: NAMA foray is 10/10/02 ? 10/13/02.
3. NM State Fair display

   Ruth Bronson is coordinating the mushroom display and asks any members with fresh mushrooms to notify her or Ellen Reed. She will display toxic mushrooms inside of containers.

4. Huitlacoche project

   Carolyn Buskirk is continuing her effort to grow corn smut.

5. Mushroom field guides for sale.
   The club has copies of the following two field guides for sale:

   Mushrooms of Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountains, Vera Evenson, 1997

   All That the Rain Promises and More, David Arora, 1991.

1. Christmas Party

   Norma Lynn offers to host a gathering at her residence in Pojoaque. She will suggest a date to Dave.

2. 2003 Foray suggestions

   Attend a NAMA foray, perhaps a regional one.

   Combine NMMS foray with a club from another area, e.g. Colorado, Utah, northwestern U.S.

   Southern New Mexico

   Ted Stampfer Suggested involving UNM botany faculty and grad students.

   • Ruth mentioned Dr. Martin, who is knowledgeable and involved with mushrooms.
   • Ellen offered to make some initial contacts.
   • Dave favors a stronger relationship with UNM.

3. Potential revision to NMMS meeting schedule

   Reduce the number of meetings

   • skip those months with scheduling conflicts, such as July, December
   • meet every other month (with six meetings per year, we might look at a pre-foray meeting, summer Santa Fe get together, Christmas party, and three solid programs)
   • don't meet in some months when not much is happening, e.g. winter months

   Change meeting date from first Tuesday to ?

4. NM Mountain Club meets on Wed, 9/18, 1930, at B'nai Israel, Indian School and Washington. Dave and Terri Wallis will give a presentation, which will include scoop on mushrooms. They encourage NMMS members to attend.
5. NMMS newsletter
6. Dave won't be publishing / mailing paper newsletters in 2003, but he will continue to maintain the website. Ted volunteered to mail a paper copy to those members without e-mail access.
7. 2003 officers

   NMMS elections are in November

   Since Sharon Chong agreed to continue as treasurer, and Mark Kalin agreed to continue as secretary, the club will need to elect a president and a vice-president.

   Ted, Sharon, and Mark agreed to serve as the nominating committee and suggest candidates.

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dmw - 20dec02