Everybody can use this meeting calendar. If you know about any meeting, lecture, slide show or what ever concerning south American Opuntias please let us know. Gladly, we will take this to our meeting calendar.

Events in the year 2003

• Tuesday, 14^th January 2003
  Meeting of the DKG local group Dresden. Lecture about "South-American Opuntias in cultivation" from Jörg Ettelt. Interested persons are very welcome, more information from:
  Jörg Ettelt e-mail: joerg@ettelt.claranet.de
   

• Friday, 21^st February 2003
  Meeting of the DKG local group Leipzig. Lecture about "South-American Opuntias in cultivation" from Jörg Ettelt. Interested persons are very welcome, more information from:
  Dr. Konrad Müller e-mail: konrad.mueller.leipzig@gmx.net
   

• Tuesday, 20^th May 2003
  Meeting of the DKG local group Magdeburg. Lecture about "South-American Opuntias in cultivation" from Jörg Ettelt. Interested persons are very welcome, more information from:
  Jörg Ettelt e-mail: joerg@ettelt.claranet.de
  Hartmut Dörsing e-mail: hartmut.dorsing@t-online.de
   

• "Long" Weekend 28 May to 1^st June 2003
  During this time members of the working group South-American Opuntioideae plan to visit cactus friends and their collections at the south of Germany and at Austria. Interested persons please call:
  Jörg Ettelt e-mail: joerg@ettelt.claranet.de
   

• Weekend 28 – 29 June 2003
  The general meeting 2003 of the working group South-American Opuntioideae will take place from Saturday 2:00 p.m. to Sunday 2:00 p.m. at Bad Hersfeld. The inofficial part of the meeting will start at Friday, 27^th June. The meeting will be at the Opuntia collection of Hans-Peter Thomas. More information about the meeting at:
  Jörg Ettelt e-mail: joerg@ettelt.claranet.de
   

• Weekend 12 – 13 July 2003
  A seminar about South-American Opuntias will take place from Saturday 12:00 a.m. to Sunday 2:00 p.m.at the Opuntia collection of Hans-Peter Thomas at Bad Hersfeld. The " working group South-American Opuntioideae" is the organizer of this seminar and will be held for all persons who are interested in this plant group and who want to know more about this plants. Following subjects are included:
  
  ~ Survey over the genera of South-American Opuntias.
  ~ Where is the origin of these plants and under what conditions do they live there?
  ~ How to cultivate the plants successfully?
  
  Of course it's possible to discuss the experiences of each participant. We will view numerous slides about the localities of the plants, occupy with cultivation plants and we will find enough time to talk about different other topics. Members of the working group will accompany this seminar. The number of participants is limited to 10 persons. More information at:
  Jörg Ettelt e-mail: joerg@ettelt.claranet.de
   

• Weekend 8 – 9 November 2003
  Autum meeting of the working group South-American Opuntioideae from Saturday 12:00 a.m. to Sunday 2:00 p.m.. The locality will be fixed at the general meeting in June 2003.

Events in the year 2002

•  Thursday, 11.04.2002
  Slide show of Klaus Gilmer at cactus society of Zurich. Subject: A travelogue over the northwest and middle Argentina - landscapes and botany with focus onto the Opuntioids.
   

• Sunday, 02.06.2002
  On this day the DKG local group of Krefeld will be at the Opuntioid collection of Hans-Peter Thomas in Bad Hersfeld for the whole day. While this meeting the conditions of cultivation will be shown. A common grilling will complete the day in the evening. The people of Krefeld stay the night in Bad Hersfeld and will leave next day. Contact: Walter Zenker.
   

• Weekend 08.09.06.2002
  For friends of south American Opuntioids this weekend should become the climax in 2002. The DKG local group Fulda arranged the year general meeting for DKG (convention 2002). And this meeting includes an extensive exhibition especially about south American Opuntioids for the visitors. This plant show is complemented with extensive picture material about the plants in culture and at the sites: by compartment lectures, by texts in the commemorative publication of the event and by many possibilities for conversation with the members of our working group.
   

• Saturday, 15.06.2002
  In the morning the DKG local group Darmstadt visits the Opuntioid collection of Hans-Peter Thomas at Bad Hersfeld.
  This visit is component of a greater visit programme of the local group at this weekend.
  
  

• Sunday, 23.06.2002
  On this day the DKG local group of Bitterfeld will be guest in the Opuntioid collection from Hans-Peter Thomas in Bad Hersfeld. While this meeting the visitors will learn many things about the cultivation of these plants.
  Contact: Rolf Bernd Elster, Tel. 03494/72810
  
  

• Weekend 29.-30.06.2002
  From Saturday 12.00-clock to Sunday 14.00-clock, the working group organize a seminar about south American Opuntioids at the Opuntioid collection of Hans-Peter Thomas in Bad Hersfeld. This seminar is devoted for all people who are interested in this plant group but want to know even more basic knowledge about them. Themes:

- View about the genera of south American Opuntioids.

- Origin of the plants, under which conditions they grow there?

- How to cultivate the plants in our greenhouses?

 The number of participants is limited to 10.

Contact: Jörg Ettelt joerg@ettelt.claranet.de

• Thursday, 15.08 to Sunday, 18.08.2002
  Convention 2002 of the British Cactus and Succulent Society in the Loughborough University, England. In this case, Pierre Braun, Mark Dimmitt, Steve Hammer, Carlos Ostolaza, Graham Williamson and Klaus Gilmer will each hold two slide lectures there, the latter about field studies of south American Opuntioids.
   

• Weekend 09.10.11.2002
  From Saturday 12.00-clock to Sunday 14.00-clock, autum meeting of the South American Opuntioid working group. This time in Riedstadt at Doris Reitz. The precise agenda is not yet available.