President's Message

Our upcoming Los Alamos Foray is coming together quite nicely.  The recent
precipitation alone promises an abundance and diversity of specimens. One
thing, however, prompts surprise and concern. The last count Sharon gave me
had only 20 folks signed up. I'm hoping that everyone has just been too
busy picking mushrooms to send in their form and check. So those of you who
plan to attend but have not registered, put down this newsletter and send
your Registration to Sharon.

While I'm standing on the Presidential Soapbox, I'd also like to remind
members of my request for volunteers to serve as officers--or at least as
Nominating Committee Chair.  We're quickly approaching time to select NEW
officers, and without volunteers, it will be a quick and disappointing
election. At present, our Treasurer and Secretary are willing to continue,
but no one has offered to serve as President or Vice-President.

I know that some members have already been getting out in the field to 
enjoy the benefits of all this rain we've been having. I plan to arrange a 
field trip for next Saturday (Aug 5th). Those interested should check our 
Website (www.mycowest.org) for details of this and other outings.

I hope to see a good turnout at our upcoming meeting. Terri & I will try to
keep our Alaska Mushroom program short--we'll aim for 30 minutes.  I expect
we'll have some interesting specimens coming in, and we can dedicate a bit
of time to show and tell.

David Wallis
(for August'06 Mycorizon)