For those of you who don't understand the argumentation in this thread, try this:
Suppose that you want to throw a surprise party for your significant other. Being diligent, you check with the ten people on the guest list about when they'd be able to attend. These are your results:
Monday: 0
Tuesday: 1
Wednesday: 3
Thursday: 5
Friday: 6
Saturday: 8
Barring other conflicts in your life, on which day do you choose to throw the party? If you choose Monday or Tuesday, there are a couple of other conversations we need to have before we can continue this one. But I think it's pretty transparent here.
The plant weeks this year differ from those in the past (given the descriptions) in that as well as being informational, they're participatory events. Meaning that they're supposed to occur while the subject is blooming (or shortly thereafter?) so that information/experiences/photos can be shared. And so that photos can be contested, too.
In checking with the guests availability for the RoseParty(tm), it looks like fewer than two of the ten people on the list can show. Granted, those two are party animals and their participation in matchless, but the other eight are out in the cold.
The IrisParty(tm) nets similar results. Only four or five friends can show up to that one. The other fiver or six will have to wait for next year.
The crux of the argument is: check the availability of guests and plan around their bloomin' schedules if it's possible. Dave and Trish understand that and are working on juggling things a bit, it seems.
I'm really looking forward to these serial parties...irrespective of when they occur. I only started this thread in order to point out that the scheduling of some of the weeks seemed a bit premature given the demographics of the site. And to suggest that all other things equal (and they're not) some reconsideration of some of the dates may be indicated in order to include more of the site's population (in the stated purpose of the weeks/parties).
