POTLUCK - 1:00 P.M.
MEETING - 1:45 P.M.

A - G Salad
H - P Dessert
Q - Z Hot Dish

Please bring your own table service

Easter and Mother's day fall on the 2nd Sunday, so the April and May meetings will be held on the 3rd Sunday: April 18 & May 16th.

Raffle: Bird donations: Howard Hansel, Nikki McClachie, Pat McMullan. Bring some of those "white elephants" for the raffle table.

DUES: Pay your dues by Feb 14th to get on this years Roster. They can be paid at the meeting or mail to Zoe Ann Janowsky.

BANDS: 1982 Canary bands can be ordered now from Leonard Quieto. If they are to be mailed add 40¢ postage. 10¢ each in strings of 25.

The next Executive Board meeting will be held at the home of Ron Mercer, February 26th 7:30 P.M.

Anyone who wants to submit a Judge's name for consideration - contact Ron Mercer.

If you want Show cages let the Secretary know how many. This is not an order for cages. If we get enough interest, we will order some.

George Ginger is ill in the Hospital. We all wish you a speedy recovery, George.

New Members
Joy & Vern Noller, Canaries
Jaime R. Chu, Canaries, Finches, Psittacines
Sandra & Ralph Price, Canaries Finches, Hookbills
Dudley Cox, Canaries

FOR SALE Pair of Blue Headed Parrots (Pionus Menstuus) $375.00
Quality Border breeders for sale. Ralph Barnes.

For Sale or Trade 1981 Turquosines. Gordon & Zee Ann Janowsky.

Look up & protect your birds! There has been a rip-off of a large flock of cockatiels in the Fresno area.

There is to be a Pet Show sponsored by the American Pet Shows on July 24 & 25 at Moscone Convention Center in S.F. Bird Clubs have been offered a 50 foot long space - free! It can be decorated by bird displays or any motif the club desires. We would like to participate - get your thinking cap on for good ideas for decorating. We will need help.

Message from the President.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the outgoing officers for all the work and accomplishments of this past year. You all did a fine job, and I know your efforts are appreciated by all.

At our next General meeting, the program will be a Seminar on Canary breeding. This is perfect timing for the Canary breeder and should be most informative both for the novice and the experienced breeder. We would like all the participation we can get from the general membership, so I invite you to bring birds with you to discuss color, pairing, hard versus soft feather, etc. If this is the last year you will be breeding, this meeting is a must.

We will have excellent speakers and coordinators for this program. These people include:
Margaret Roche, Type
Ralph Barnes, Type
Charlotte Le Doux, Domestic
Joe Gordon, Red Factor
Bertha Andrews, Red Factor
Gilbert Cocchetto, Red Factor

All of these people will bring at least one pair of birds, in a "set-up" breeding cage, and will discuss with the club members the do's and don'ts of their breeding system.

I have also been busy selecting this years committee and committee chairmen. The following people have accepted the new responsibilities:
Show Director, Ron Mercer
Ass't Show Director, Ralph Barnes
Ass't Show Directory, Joe Gordon
Red Factor Show Manager, Glenn Corlew
Type Show Manager, Margaret Roche
Exotic Show Manager, Alan Thompson
Show Banquet Manager
Catalogue Managers, Margaret Roche, Ralph Barnes
Catalogue Advertising, Ruth Mitchell
Meeting Coffee Chairman, Ron Mercer
Meeting Raffle Chairman, Howard Hansel
Membership Chairman, Zoe Ann Janowsky
Bar B Que Chairman, Leonard Quieto
Program Chairman, Pat McMullan
Parliamentarian, Charlotte Le Doux
Feather Show Manager, Glenn Corlew
Ass't Feather Show Manager, Charlotte Le Doux
Show ticket & Raffle Chairman, Howard Hansel

There are still quite a few vacancies to fill, so I would appreciate any one interested in serving in any capacity to contact me as soon as possible. Remember, if you are not involved, you really are not participating in any learning experience, which is why we have club meetings.

Also, if you have any ideas, or information you would like included in the club meetings, lets speak up. What would you like to see more of? Let's hear it from all of you.

There will be a CATALOGUE MEETING on Monday February 8th at my home at 7:30 P.M. Anyone interested is invited to come to this meeting to discuss the next Show Catalogue.

Sincerely,
Joe Gordon
President

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