Region 23 Holidaze Christmas Party
Region 23 had our Holidaze Christmas Zoom Party last night. After a short business meeting, we had an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest. Congratulations to Monty Bilberry for winning the contest. Isabel Olsen won best crafted sweater. The prizes were gift certificates from Sutton Iris Gardens. This was followed by Christmas games “Name that Christmas Carol” and “Holiday Trivia”. We also had a door prize (or is it a zoom prize). Finally the meeting ended with discussions about irises. Zoom started telling us that the internet was becoming unstable at the end. I think it sensed we were going to keep on talking Irises!
Our RVP Eva Barry mentioned that affiliate reports are nearly due. We don’t have to pay the $30 fee this year due to the pandemic. The newsletters are on the website. Scarlett mentioned that we are planning a Dykes Medal Winner Bingo Game using Zoom sometime in February. This will be both educational and fun. The prizes are gift certificates donated by Howie. Speaking of Howie, he is scheduling a webinar on Arilbreds in April and Scarlett and Howie will give a webinar on the convention gardens in Las Cruces since the 2021 convention has been postponed until 2022. The AIS is aware that meetings have been canceled. The webinars are just trying to keep people involved.
Zoom for small groups is free. Currently, there is not a time limit. Though, I expect it will go back to the 40 minute limit after the holidays. The pro version cost $150.
