Boletín
2010-06-24
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Events
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• NMMS Annual Foray
  Dates:  26-29 August, 2010
  Place:  Sipapu Ski Resort
The NMMS Foray Committee has worked out the preliminary details for this year's event.
• The Fee (per person) is $80. The last several Forays have had a fee of $100 or more, so this year's event is a bargain.
• There are several lodging options at Sipapu, but the best choices for Foray participants are the Hotel Rooms at $59/night and the Suites at $75. Particularly nifty about these two options is that those reserving the rooms for three nights pay for only the first two nights.
• Another–and even less expensive–option for staying at Sipapu is to reserve a campsite. These go for $9/night and are about a five minute walk from Lodge, which is our Foray Headquarters.
• Foray details and a Registration Form are available at mycowest.org. The Foray Committee will also mail Registration Forms to participants of recent past Forays.

• Summer Potluck in Santa Fe
Date:  Sunday, 18 July, 2010
Time:  2:00 - 4:30 pm
Place:  Loma Encantada Clubhouse: 360B Calle Colina
• In lieu of regular meetings, NMMS traditionally has potluck gatherings in July & December. Barbara Hays, who hosts our Santa Fe meetings, has offered her community clubhouse for our Summer event.

• Meeting in Albuquerque
This will be our next regular meeting.
  Date:  Monday, 2 August, 2010
  Time:  7:oo - 9:oo pm
  Place:  New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque

Field Trips
• NMMS had its 3rd organized Field Trip (foray) on June 19th, visiting areas in the Jemez near La Cueva. It was dry, but we weren't skunked.
• There is another Field Trip tentatively planned for July 17th (the day before our Santa Fe potluck).
• Field Trip schedules and reports are available at mycowest.org.

50th Anniversary Foray of the North American Mycological Association
• Dates:  August 12-15, 2010
Place:  Winter Park, Colorado (west of Denver)
• NAMA Forays feature numerous Classes, Workshops, and Field Trips. Those wishing to learn about the diversity of mushrooms should not pass up this wonderful opportunity.
• I know of three New Mexico members who have signed up for this event. If you are a New Mexico NMMS or NAMA member planning to attend, please contact David Wallis. Carpooling might be in order, and I will do what I can to coordinate that.
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  Communicating with NMMS Membership
It is becoming increasingly apparent that Mycorizon, the NMMS Newsletter, ceased to exist at the end of last year. (The last issue was Nov-Dec 2009). We will continue to rely on Websites to keep our membership informed.
• MycoWest.org is the website which has supported NMMS for the last decade and still serves this function.
• Jonathan Caldwell and his son Adam have put considerable work into designing and bringing to life a new website for NMMS: NewMexicoMyco.org.
  About the new site, Jonathan explains, "We hope this site will provide an interactive element to our club's online presence. This site is not designed to replace mycowest.org, but to augment it. Some functions of this site, such as the photo gallery, are still under development and will become available as they are refined."
  Because NewMexicoMyco.org specifically represents the New Mexico Mycological Society, full access to this new site will be limited to currently paid members of NMMS.
• Details about NewMexicoMyco.org, including instructions for logging in, are available at (you guessed it) mycowest.org.
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David Wallis
New Mexico Mycological Society
MycoWest.net/boletin