Archives for November 2017

NCSBA Spring Conference:

hotel deadline and advanced registration

If you are receiving this as the designated contact for your Chapter, please share this information with your other officers and members.

 

We hope many of your members are planning to attend the NCSBA spring conference in New Bern, NC March 1-3, 2018. The cut-off date for the discounted rate for most of the hotels is February 16. The conference webpage lists the hotels and rates as well as the schedule of events and speakers.
https://www.ncbeekeepers.org/education/statewide-conferences/2018-ncsba-spring-conference

Advance registration for the conference will be available through FEBRUARY 16. Advanced registrants will get a $10 discount. We encourage members to register and pay on-line, but they can also download a registration form and go through the mail-in process. To register at the lower member rate, individuals must have paid their 2018 NCSBA membership dues. That means received and fully-processed by the NCSBA, not just turned into the local Chapter. They can also pay dues directly to the NCSBA when they register for the meeting (this option will be presented during the on-line registration process).

Thanks for your help in promoting the conference and notifying your members about these deadlines and opportunities.

Todd Walker
Webmaster

Update your Chapter contact’s email address for 2018
Chapter contacts:

It’s time to start updating the NCSBA Chapter email list for 2018.
Please do the following to help this process run smoothly so we can have
the new list ready by the first week of January.

1. Read the information titled “How the NCSBA communicates with
Chapters…” posted on the NCSBA website under “Chapters” (
https://www.ncbeekeepers.org/q-a-for-chapters ). That will answer
questions you may have about this important email list and who should be
your designated contact.

2. Do not “reply” directly to this email. Draft a separate email with
the name of your Chapter somewhere in the subject line and send it to
chapterupdates@ncbeekeepers.org . In the body of the email, provide
three things:

a. the Chapter contact email address for 2018 (some Chapters use a group
email address which is fine for our purposes)

b. the Chapter contact phone number (unless you prefer not to provide
one)

c. the name of the person providing the information

3. Ask the contact to check their spam folders the first few weeks of
January to make sure our emails are not landing there. Remember: you
can check what has been sent through the Chapters list by looking under
“NCSBA Announcements” on the NCSBA website.

If you will not know who the new contact will be until after January 1,
please still reply back so we know this. We will continue to use your
2017 contact information until you send in the update.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT SEND IN YOUR 2018 OFFICERS’ LIST NOW. That will be
requested later in 2018. However, now is a good time to check the 2017
Yellow Book to confirm that the information listed for your Chapter is
correct (the where/when for meetings, your website address, etc). Also
check the information posted on the NCSBA website under the “Find a
Chapter” feature. Send any corrections to me.

Questions? Email me at chapterupdates@ncbeekeepers.org.

Thanks…
Suzy Spencer
NCSBA Membership Secretary
chapter email sent out on November 17 2017

Posting Bee School Information on the NCSBA website
November 6 2017
Bee school season is rapidly approaching. Several clubs have already submitted their school’s information and it has been posted on the NCSBA website. The bee school listing page of the NCSBA website is the most visited page after the home page. If your club plans to host a bee school next year, I encourage you submit your information for inclusion on the
NCSBA website.

To ensure that I have all of the data I need, please complete the form on this page:

http://www.ncbeekeepers.org/members-only/chapter-resources/bee-school-submission

If the link above doesn’t work, cut and paste the entire URL into your browser address bar.

Thanks,

Todd

Bee Buzz request for photos
November 6 2017
This message is from Jody Moore, Bee Buzz co-editor.
Please share with your Chapter members and encourage them to send in photos for use in the Bee Buzz newsletter.
Hello, North Carolina Beekeepers!
Do you have any honey bee related photographs you would like to share?
The NC Bee Buzz is now a full-color magazine and we would like to highlight bee-related photographs from different parts of the state.
We welcome your submissions now and in the future. We will give you photo credits and bragging rights! It’s the photograph that’s important, but you can send in some extra information to help put it in context.
When submitting your photos, please include photographer’s name, a caption for the photo (optional – may be changed depending on content use), and any other relevant information you would like to include (e.g. “2017 State Fair ribbon winner”, “Hives in snow Ashe County 2016”, etc.).
When submitting your photos, please do not crop or resize them. Send us the full photo file whenever possible (preferably in .JPG, .TIF, or .PDF format). You can separately send a crop example if you like. Due to the changing needs of space, the photos may have to be cropped to “custom fit” the space needed.
So, go ahead and send them in now! Old or new, we welcome all submissions. Photos may or may not be used immediately, and might be “banked” until a future issue- depending upon need.
Photos can be emailed to beebuzzeditor@ncbeekeepers.org