About Tom Wolfe, Our Guest Speaker for January 17th, 2007

 

 

Tom joined the Bromeliad Guild of Tampa Bay in 1965. Over the years he  has held many positions in the Guild including serving as President  six times. Tom has always been instrumental in

encouraging and working  with the BGTB members to present

annual bromeliad shows, participating  in community shows and sales to promote bromeliads, refurbishing  bromeliad beds at Lowry Park Zoo, Eureka Springs Park, and Ybor City  Museum State Park. Tom helps create displays at the Florida State Fair  annually promoting bromeliads and club members pass out literature to  thousands of attendees. Tom has served as Chairman of the Florida  Council of Bromeliad Societies several times.   

 Tom was General Chairman of the successful 1992 World Bromeliad  Conference, “Bromeliad Safari”, hosted by the Bromeliad Guild of Tampa  Bay at Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort. Because of Tom’s leadership,  the Club was able to make contributions to the Florida Council of  Bromeliad Societies, the Evil Weevil Fund, funding for local parks,  improvements to the Guild’s meeting & library facilities as well as  secure the financial future of the club.

 Tom became an accredited BSI Bromeliad Judge in l982 and is now a Master Judge. He served on the BSI Board of Directors for 14 years

 serving as Director, Secretary, and 6 years as Vice President and 6

 years as President. Tom is the only BSI President that has served two consecutive terms.  Under Tom’s leadership, the Board operated

effectively and efficiently to serve its members. Tom is presently

Chair of the World Headquarters Committee which is an effort to try

 and establish a permanent home for the Bromeliad Society International  at The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. The garden  would make a perfect home for the BSI since The

Mulford Foster  Bromeliad Identification Center is already located there and the BSI  Archive files are housed there.

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