The Society would like to encourage all its Members, where possible, to receive Newsletters by email as it cuts down the postage and photocopying costs of the Society. These are sent in PDF format. If you do not have the 'reader' for this then you can download it FREE from the Adobe website.Please email me NOW to say 'YES to Email!' at clematis@clematisinternational.com and I'll pass the good news on!
The purpose of this page is to provide a reference point for Members who may want to check that their last Newsletter has not got lost in internet space! Where a mailing has been distributed by post it is included below for reference.
- 2008 April Newsletter including Revised Constitution Draft v07, Clematis for beginners List Draft v2.3, Japan 2008 Constitutional General Meeting Agenda, Japan 2008 Constitutional General Meeting Proxy Voting Form, Seed Exchange List 2008 and news of future clematis related events - April 2008
- 2008 January Newsletter including individual Membership Status and Renewal Notice, 2008 Seed Exchange List and Order Form, 2008 Membership List - January 2008
- 2007 September Newsletter including the Japan 2008 Programme and Registration Form, and a draft Clematis for Beginners document for comment by our membership - September 2007
- 2007 June Newsletter including Golden Clematis Award, changes to the running of the Society, the latest programme for Japan 2008, round-up of news items and other 2007 events, final invitation to request seeds from the 2007 Seed Exchange List - June 2007
- 2007 January Newsletter including Sweden 2007 Programme and Registration Invitation, individual Membership Status, 2007 Seed Exchange List and Order Form, 2007 Membership List, Council Officers and Members - January 2007
- 2006 October Newsletter including International Clematis Register and Checklist - Second Supplement notification, Constitutional General Meeting in Ireland agenda, update on proposed visit to Sweden in 2007 and update on proposed visit to Japan in 2008 - October 2006
- 2006 May Newsletter including International Clematis Register and Checklist - Second Supplement notification, Constitutional General Meeting in Ireland agenda, update on proposed visit to Sweden in 2007 and update on proposed visit to Japan in 2008 - May 2006
- 2006 January Newsletter including Ireland update, CGM in Ireland notification, individual Membership Status, 2006 Seed Exchange List and Order Form, 2006 Membership List, Council Officers and Members, copies of new Membership Leaflet - January 2006
- 2005 September Newsletter including Ireland 2006 - including registration , BCS Visit to Germany, Membership Leaflets, New Council Members, Finland and Estonia 2005, Clematis for Beginners List, Articles for Clematis International 2006, Clematis International 2006 Advertising Rates, Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, Seed Exchange - Request for Seeds - September 2005
- 2005 January Newsletter including individual membership status and 2005 Seed Exchange Lists and Order Form, 2005 Membership List, Council Officers and Members, Finland Estonia 2005 Registration Invitation to , Registration Forms for Part 1 - Finland, and Part 2 - Estonia. - January 2005
- 2004 November Newsletter including a note from our new President, Szczepan Marczyñski, a round-up of News Items, draft Minutes of the Constitutional General Meeting, an update on the 2005 Finland / Estonia visit and a Request for Seeds. - November 2004
- 2004 June Newsletter including the Agenda for the Constitutional General Meeting in Cambridge, UK on Thursday 15 July 2004, an update on the proposed visit to Finland and Estonia in 2005, a Constitutional General Meeting Proxy Voting Form and, for attendees of the Cambridge 2004 Meeting, final instructions. - June 2004
- 2004 January Newsletter including information on Membership Status, Membership Renewal, Seed Exchange, January 2004 Membership List, Clematis for Beginners List and, for those people who have registered for Cambridge 2004, an update and further information. - January 2004
- 2003 September Newsletter including an Invitation and Registration Form for Meeting of the German Branch of the International Clematis Society in Filstal, Germany in October 2003 and a Request for Seeds for our Seed Exchange. - September 2003
- 2003 July Newsletter including an Invitation and Registration Form for Cambridge 2004 Meeting and Conference and a revised "Clematis for Beginners" list for comment by members - July 2003
- 2003 February Newsletter including details of the Netherlands Programme and Registration form, Membership Renewal 2003 and Ways to Pay, Seed Exchange List, January 2003 Membership List - February 2003
- 2002 August Newsletter and 2002 CGM Minutes, 2002 Constitution, Council Officers and Members (updated), Council Roles and Responsibilities, Clematis for Beginners, Poland Workshop - Hints and Tips on Growing Clematis - August 2002
- 2002 April Newsletter and Seed Exchange List Addendum 1, 2002 Warsaw CGM Agenda, Proposed Constitution Changes, CGM Proxy Form, March 2002 Membership List, Membership Renewal Notice (only to non-paid members) - April 2002
- 2002 January Newsletter and Seed Exchange List, Poland Programme and Registration form, Ways to Pay - January 2002
- 2001 September Newsletter and provisional Poland Programme - September 2001
- 2001 May News Flash (enclosed with "Clematis International 2001") - May 2001
- Oregon 2001 Optional Extended Tour - April 2001
- 2001 Seed List Addendum - March 2001
- 2001 Invitation to Oregon (distributed by post only) - February 2001
- 2001 January Newsletter and Seed Exchange List - January 2001
2008 April Newsletter
This mailing consisted of four items. It was available electronically (via a notification email) and by post.
- April 2008 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 15 pages, containing the Agenda for the Constitutional General Meeting to be held in Japan, the 2008 Seed Exchange List and information about various clematis events later this year. The last page of this newsletter is a Proxy Voting Form for the Japan 2008 C.G.M.
- Draft amended Constitution 2008 of the Society, version 07
- Draft Clematis for Beginners List, version 2.3
The Society suggests that wherever possible you conserve nature and view the documents on your computer. However if you wish to print any of them we have provided three additional files which should make it easy to create A5 sized booklets and leaflets. If your printer does not support automatic "duplex" (two-sided) printing - and most home printers do not! - you can usually simulate this by passing the paper through the printer twice, turning it over between passes.
Printing either the newsletter in booklet format or the other two documents as leaflets is a bit more difficult but we have provided three other files to try to help you. You will have to print them in duplex (double sided print) mode - print page 2 on the back of page 1, page 4 on the back of page 3 and so on. This is only really a challenge with the newsletter itself, the two other files are only 2 pages each. However different printers handle paper differently so you may have to experiment which way you put the paper back into the printer (or think quite hard) to get things right.
The three files in this format are:-
2008 January Newsletter
This mailing consisted of three items. For security reasons it was sent by post and is not available electronically..
- January 2008 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 12 pages containing notice of the sad death of John Howells, details of the new Nursery Membership, update on the proposed 2009 and 2010 meetings, update on various Society matters, news round-up, clematis events this year and the Seed Exchange 2008 Seed List.
- Membership Status and Renewal Notice
- Membership List 2008
2007 September Newsletter
This mailing consisted of four items. It was sent both electronically (using a notification email) and by post.
- September 2007 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 12 pages containing notice of the sad death of Dorothy Brown - wife of Mike Brown, additional notes on the Japan 2009 Meeting and Conference Programme and Registration Form (see also the enclosed documents), update on Our Changing Society including draft revised version of the Clematis for Beginners document, provisional draft programme for Switzerland 2009, request for seed for the Seed Exchange Seed List.
- Japan 2008 Programme
- Japan 2008 Registration Form
- provisional revised Clematis for Beginners document
2007 June Newsletter
This mailing consisted of three items. It was sent both electronically (using a notification email) and by post.
- June 2007 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 12 pages containing information on the latest Japan 2009 Draft Programme, update on Our Changing Society including an announcement of the Golden Clematis Award and invitation for nominations, notification of a review of the Clematis for beginners List and invitation to contribute to this review, News Round-up, final opportunity to request seed from the 2007 Seed Exchange Seed List.
Please note, in the first issue of this newsletter, posted to some members and initially loaded on this website, we unfortunately missed Roy Nunn from the list of contributors to the Clematis of the Month. This is particularly embarrassing since Roy has been one of the more, if not the most, active contributor for the past couple of years. So our humble apologies to Roy.
- Golden Clematis Award Nomination Form
- Clematis for Beginners List
2007 January Newsletter
This mailing consisted of five items. It was sent by post only due to the sensitive nature of some of the information included.
- January 2007 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 15 pages containing information on Membership, Sweden 2007 (see also separate booklet), Japan 2009 Draft Programme, 2009 and 2010 Meeting Draft Proposals, Our Changing Society, Society Matters, News Round-up, Other Clematis Society Events, Other Events, Seed Exchange/Seed List 2007.
- Membership Status and Renewal Notice 2007
- Membership List January 2007
- Council Officers and Members 2007
- Sweden 2007 programme and Registration Form (note, online registration is preferred)
2006 October Newsletter
This mailing consisted of one item. It was sent both electronically (using a notification email) and by post.
- October 2006 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 20 pages containing Note from our President, News Round-up, Draft Minutes of the 2006 Constitutional General Meeting in Dublin, New Vision for the Society, update on the proposed visit to Sweden in 2007, update on the proposed visit to Japan in 2008, Seed Exchange - Request for Seeds.
2006 May Newsletter
This mailing consisted of two items. It was sent both electronically and by post.
- May 2006 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 4 pages containing notification of the publication of the Second Supplement to the International Clematis Register and Checklist, the Agenda for the Constitutional General Meeting in Ireland in July 2006, an update on the proposed visit to Sweden in 2007 including a draft programme and an update on the proposed visit to Japan in 2008.
- Ireland 2006 - Constitutional General Meeting Proxy Voting Form
2006 January Newsletter
This mailing consisted of six items. It was sent by post only due to the sensitive nature of some of the information included.
- January 2006 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 8 pages containing information on the death of Christopher Lloyd, Ireland 2006 update including definition of "Membership" and notice of the Constitutional General Meeting on 4 July 2006 in Dublin, Other Clematis Societies Events, News Round-up, Other Events and the Seed Exchange 2006 Seed List.
- Membership Status and Renewal Notice 2006 (not sent to new members)
- Membership List January 2006
- Council Officers and Members List 2006
- Seed Exchange Additions - Addendum 01
- Copies of the new Membership Leaflet
2005 September Newsletter
This mailing consisted of two items. It was sent either by post or electronically.
- September 2005 Newsletter - A5 booklet format, 8 pages containing information on Ireland 2006 (including how to register), BCS Visit to Germany, Membership Leaflets, New Council Members, Finland and Estonia 2005, Clematis for Beginners List, Articles for Clematis International 2006, Clematis International 2006 Advertising Rates, Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, Seed Exchange - Request for Seeds.
- Brochure about Ireland 2006 (posted newsletter only
- "E-zine" attachment about Ireland 2006 (electronic copy only)
2005 January Newsletter
This mailing consisted of a six items. A paper copy was been posted to all members.
- January 2005 Newsletter - A5 booklet format containing individual membership status, information on meetings and other Clematis events through the year, news round-up, Seed Exchange list and Order Form.
- 2005 Membership List
- Council Officers and Members
- Finland Estonia 2005 - Registration Invitation
- Part 1 - Finland - Registration Form
- Part 2 - Estonia - Registration Form
2004 November Newsletter
This mailing consisted of a single item only.
- November 2004 Newsletter - A5 booklet format for ease of use containing a note from our new President, Szczepan Marczyñski, News Round-up, Draft Minutes of the 2004 Constitutional General Meeting, update on the Visit to Finland and Estonia in 2005 and a Request for Seed for the Society Seed Exchange.
2004 June Newsletter and other documents
There were two documents included in this mailing, with a further single document for those members who are attending Cambridge 2004.
In addition, for those members who have registered for Cambridge 2004:-
- June 2004 Newsletter - A5 booklet format for ease of use containing the Agenda for the Constitutional General Meeting to be held in Cambridge, UK on Thursday 15th July 2004 and an update on the proposed visit to Finland and Estonia in 2005.
- Constitutional General Meeting Proxy Voting Form
- Final Instructions
2004 January Newsletter and other documents
There were three documents included in this mailing, with a further three for those members who have registered for Cambridge 2004.
In addition, for those members who have registered for Cambridge 2004:-
- January 2004 Newsletter - A5 booklet format for ease of use, includes Membership Status and request to renew membership, How to Pay information, notices of future events of other Clematis Societies, the 2004 Seed Exchange Seed List and Seed Request form.
- January 2004 Membership List
- Clematis for Beginners List - Issue 1.4, with revisions from discussion during the 2003 Netherlands meeting.
- Registration Details
- List of Attendees
- Updated Programme
2003 September Newsletter and other documents
There were three documents including in this mailing.
- September 2003 Newsletter - including a report of the death of Professor Beskaravainaya of the Ukraine, an update on our "Clematis for Beginners List", notice of the "Days of the Rose" weekend in Unterliezheim, Germany in July 2004 and news of the "Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection".
- Information and registration details for the German Branch Seminar later this year
- Request for seeds for our Seed Exchange
2003 July Newsletter and other documents
There were four documents included in this mailing. For members who receive mailshots by email, the four documents were sent in four separate .pdf files attached to a single email.
- July 2003 Newsletter - includes short obituaries for Guido Toovere, Estonian Clematis Collector and Richard Stothard, Administrator, British Clematis Society, plus details of meetings of the I.Cl.S. German Branch in October 2003, British Clematis Society, Finnish Clematis Club and Pacific Northwest Clematis Society.
- Cambridge 2004 Invitation - details of the 20th Anniversary meeting and conference of the Society to be held in Cambridge , UK in July 2004.
- Cambridge 2004 Registration Form - this must be completed and returned to the Society by the end of August 2003. A deposit is required, details of where to send are in the Invitation or on the back of the Registration Form.
- Clematis for Beginners list Issue 0.2 - a second draft of this list for comment by all members.
2003 February Newsletter and other documents
There were four documents included in this mailing plus one additional document for Japanese members. For members who receive mailshots by email, the first three documents were collected together in a single .pdf file and sent in a first email with either one or two other .pdf files. Individual membership details were sent in a second, personalized email.
- February 2003 Newsletter - includes details of the proposed Netherlands visit in August 2003 (see Future Events for further details) and a Registration Form, to be completed and returned by end March 2003.
- Membership Renewal 2003 notice - shows membership details for each member, including whether or not they have paid for 2003. Details of the various Ways to Pay the Society are printed on the reverse.
- Seed Exchange List 2003 - requests for seeds should be sent direct to Marita Opalka, payment for seeds should use one of the payment methods in the second document.
- Membership List January 2003 - a list of all members of the Society as of January 2003. This list includes members who had not yet paid for 2003.
- Instructions for Japanese members (in Japanese language) - on how they may pay their membership subscriptions. Only sent to Japanese members.
2002 August Newsletter and other documents
There were seven documents included in this mailing:
- August 2002 Newsletter, which includes details of two special offer packs of seeds from our Seed Exchange, plus instructions on how to harvest seed for the Seed Exchange.
- 2002 Constitutional General Meeting Minutes - minutes of the CGM held in Warsaw, Poland in June 2002.
- 2002 Constitution - Amendments to our Constitution, discussed and agreed by your Council in Oregon in 2001, were ratified without change at the Constitutional General Meeting in Warsaw, Poland in June 2002. A copy has been sent to all members, and old versions should be discarded.
- Council Officers and Members - re-issue of this list but updated with changes agreed at the Constitutional General Meeting in Warsaw, Poland in June 2002.
- Council Roles and Responsibilities - a statement of what is expected by the Society of its Officers and Council Members. These responsibilities will take effect after the 2004 Constitutional General Meeting.
- Clematis for Beginners - a PROVISIONAL list of clematis which the Society would recommend for beginners to this genus. This list is the result of a workshop and other discussions and activities in Poland during our visit this year. All constructive comments are welcomed.
- Hints and Tips on Growing Clematis - documents the workshop held in Poland during our visit this year and facilitated by Fiona Woolfenden.
2002 April Newsletter and other documents
There were six documents included in this mailing plus a membership renewal reminder, sent to non-paid members only:
- April 2002 Newsletter.
- Seed Exchange List Addendum 1 - additions and one correction to the previous Seed Exchange List.
Requests for seeds should be sent direct to Marita Opalka, payment for seeds should use one of the payment methods listed.- Constitutional General Meeting Agenda - The Agenda for the Constitutional General Meeting to be held in Warsaw, Poland on Friday 28th June 2002.
- Proposed Constitution Changes - a copy of the Constitution of the Society with changes highlighted. These changes were drafted by Brewster Rogerson and discussed and agreed by your Council last year. Adoption of these changes will be voted on during the CGM in Warsaw.
- Proxy Voting Form - a form to be completed by anyone unable to attend the CGM in Warsaw, nominating either the Chairman of the meeting or a named and paid-up member of the Society to vote on their behalf.
- March 2002 Membership List - a list of all members of the Society as of March 2002. This list includes members who had not yet paid for 2002.
- Membership Renewal Reminder - only sent to those people who appear not to have paid for 2002.
2002 January Newsletter, Seed List and Poland Programme
There were four documents included in this Newsletter:
- January 2002 Newsletter
- Poland Programme - including a Registration Form, to be completed and returned with the deposit payment to Polish Travel Bureau ORBIS Co. Ltd (mail, fax or email) by 15th February 2002
- Seed Exchange List for 2002 - requests for seeds should be sent direct to Marita Opalka, payment for seeds should use one of the payment methods in the fourth document
- Ways to Pay - for all members other than those living in Japan, a list of payment collections contacts for UK Pounds Sterling, Euros, US Dollars and Canadian Dollars - for Japanese members, Japanese language details of how to pay in Japanese YEN
2001 September Newsletter and Provisional Poland Programme
There were two documents included in this Newsletter:
- The Newsletter
- Provisional Poland Program - and request for an indication of numbers wanting to attend
2001 May News Flash
Contains details of two forthcoming events, the Rose, Clematis, Fuchsia and Perennial Exhibition, 7th & 8th July in Unterliezheim, Germany and the Festival of Clematis, 4th & 5th August, Tenbury Wells, England. Also comment on our seed exchange. Sent with your copy of Clematis International 2001.
Oregon 2001 Optional Extended Tour
Itinerary of an optional extension to the Oregon 2001 meeting, taking in various gardens and other places of interest between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Canada.
2001 Seed List Addendum
Due to extra seeds being sent to the Society an Addendum was issued to the seed list.
2001 January Newsletter and Seed Exchange List
There were three documents included in this Newsletter:
- The Newsletter
- Seed Exchange List
- Membership List 2000
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