Pictured above is the apple grafting class of 2011 with the California Rare Fruit Growers.  Thanks to Dr. Joe Sabol for making a very special day for us!  This is one great group of future volunteers and I feel pretty darn lucky to get to work with them!

I had always planned on using this blog for some type of internal communication for the Master Gardeners in San Luis Obispo.  Well, thanks to Sue, our office manager, she made me realize that we needed a "Frequently Asked Questions" for Master Gardeners in the Center of the VMS page.. which happens to be where the blog is.  So if you are not a Master Gardener and happen to stumble across the blog on the internet, it's going to be pretty boring.  As most of you know, blogs are not private, so I will use people's first names and last name initials only and you will have to find the people's email address on the roster.

So here's a few of my top questions:

Q.  How do I find who is in charge/ committee chair of something?

A.  Log into VMS, Go to Documents, Go to SLO GRO Newsletter, Go to the back page of the newsletter.

Q. How do I find someone's email or phone number?

A.  Click on Roster on the left- if the person has no phone number or email listed (private) contact myself or Marylou H.

Q.  What public events are coming up and where are the flyers?

A.  Check out our public website http://ucanr.org/sites/mgslo/

Q.  How do I get a document posted on VMS?

A.  Submit it to Leann B. our webmaster

Q.  How do I sign up for an event?

A.  Log into VMS, click on Calendar, find the event and click on the underlined title, scroll down to the bottom and click on the button that say's "volunteer for this event".

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On another note, I need some specialized volunteers!   I have had a couple of people volunteer lately to help me add more information to our public website and help enter events onto the calendar.  .(I'll reveal the computer helpers once I have trained them for their assigned tasks)  If you have computer skills, I would love a couple more volunteers to help with things like this... Also, if you have graphic design skills for making eye catching publications, let me know too!   Another need is for someone to volunteer to teach a class one evening the internet basics, logging into VMS, entering hours, signing up on the calendar, how to navigate UCIPM.