CCSS Contacts 2008
Board of Directors and Volunteers
Contact Information and Bios
CCSS Officers
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Board Position
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Name
|
Phone
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Email
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| President |
Jim Weedin |
303-366-7843 |
Jim.Weedin@comcast.net |
| 1st Vice President, Programs |
Panayoti Keliadis |
303-368-7530 |
panayotik@yahoo.com |
| 2nd Vice President, Newsletter |
Ian O'Dougherty |
|
ianomusic@gmail.com |
| 3rd Vice President, Show & Sale |
Harriet Olds |
720-962-9070 |
hare@harrietolds.com |
|
Ken Sipsey |
303-987-2911 |
ksipse@champmail.com |
| Secretary |
Diane Carnahan |
719-520-5556 |
decunlimited@adelphia.net |
| Treasurer |
Adrienne Thomas |
720-201-9464 |
simbamypoo@msn.com |
| Member-at-Large |
Ellen Taylor |
303-307-4470 |
tlme5168@msn.com |
| Special Assignments-Historian |
Available |
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| Webmaster |
Scot Hume |
719-598-6106 |
scot_hume@yahoo.com |
Vice President, Program Chairman, Panayoti Keladis
Vice President and Program Chairman, Panayoti Kelaidis first attended a CCSS meeting in the 1970's. His specialty are hardy succulents of all sorts. He has been growing hardy cacti for nearly 40 years, and is best known for pioneering the use of South African plants, especially Mesembryanthema, from high elevations that are hardy in Colorado. But he loves all plants, even weeds!
Second Vice President, Newsletter Editor, Dave Kennedy
Third Vice President Show and Sale,Harriet Olds and Ken Sipsey
Secretary, Diane Carnahan
Treasurer, Neal Lundquist
Member-at-Large, Ellen Taylor
My name is Ellen Taylor and I’ve been a member of the CCSS for almost 2 years but my interest in cacti and succulents started well before that. Growing up in the deciduous/coniferous East, cactus always held a unique curiosity for me. But the succulents were what really got me started—I didn’t know that a hen and chicken was a succulent but I knew I loved them—they grew and multiplied and you could transplant the chicks and get more. A neighbor showed me how to cultivate and grow them and then I was hooked! The addiction to cactus started when, as a grade school kid, I bought an opuntia for a Father’s day gift. It grew and grew and I took cuttings and they grew and grew and nothing could kill it. As I got older, I’d buy a cactus here and there and they grew and grew. When I moved from New York, they came with me in a U-haul truck and they continue to grow and grow. Two years after I moved here, I learned about the cactus show at the Botanic garden and nothing could hold me back! Needless to say, a lot of my purchases have perished (I’m not good with mammilarias) but I enjoy what survives. In the past few years, I’ve begun buying winter hardy cactus and succulents and they are doing very well in my patio garden. The only thing that was lost was a mormon tea.
As the member at large, I would like to encourage every member to talk to me—tell me what you like, don’t like, what you’d like to hear and see at our meetings. What should we do differently at meetings, at the Show and at the Fall Dinner. Let me be your sounding board! The other intitiative that I would like to pursue is increasing membership—do you know potential members, do you have any suggestions of where we could get members? Then, when they come-how do we keep them?
Please let me know what you think and give me any suggestions that you may have—all are welcome and appreciated!
Webmaster: Scot Hume
Phone: 719 598-6106
Scot graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1989. He has worked for a number of years in the natural gas industry as both a petroleum engineer and facility design engineer. Scot has volunteered to shepherd an open space park through the difficult Colorado Springs' parks system. Working with Steve Castle, he created the Austin Bluffs Conservation Association. Scot has diverse interests that include skiing, climbing, kayaking and general conservation.
Scot joined CCSS in 1997 and has enjoyed participating in a number of the club's activities. He doesn't have a specific plant interest, but his collection has grown to cover most of his windows.
Edited 2/28/05