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The CSSA has been connecting hobbyists, growers, and scientists to local cactus and succulent clubs since the Affiliate Program began in the 1930s.
Connect with a local society
Find meeting locations & contact info for active affiliate clubs near you.
The list is viewable as a map or spreadsheet and includes meeting, website, event, and contact information for each society.
See what’s happening & where on our national event calendar
Our CSSA & Affiliate Societies Event Calendar covers annual show & sale events of affiliate clubs as well as national CSSA events and regional events of interest.
Local Affiliate Reps
Make sure your affiliate membership, calendar listing, and information are up to date!
Resources & Information for Affiliate Clubs
Affiliate News
Bulletins and announcements from the Affiliate Committee will be collected here, along with other blog posts of interest to affiliate reps. Of course, news from affiliate clubs is regularly featured in To the Point.
CSSA 2025 Biennial Convention – Speakers
2024 Affiliate Shows Recap on YouTube
Affiliate Meeting – Sept. 21, 2024 – Recording & Minutes
Invitation to Sponsor and Participate in the 2025 CSSA Biennial Convention
“To The Point” – Fall 2024
Resources for Societies
National Speaker List – COMING SOON
FOR PROGRAM DIRECTORS – We are working on a contact list of speakers available to give talks at your meetings.
Creating & Maintaining a Local Society
FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND FOUNDERS – The Affiliate Committee has published this PDF guide to help officers and board members start and run a non-profit plant society. Download a free copy.
Audiovisual help for meetings
FOR AV VOLUNTEERS – The San Francisco Society has a Facebook Group where volunteers working on audio and video or zoom for society meetings can ask questions and share technical information, tutorial videos, etc.
Affiliate Membership and Updating Your Listings
Affiliate Society Memberships
Affiliate clubs have a membership on the Member Portal site and should use that to pay their dues if possible.
The street address you use on the Member Portal profile is for Journal delivery only, not the legal address of the club or the meeting location.
In order to claim an account there, you will need a unique email address that isn’t the same as any individual member.
Contact membership@cactusandsucculentsociety.org for assistance with membership and dues payment.
Updating Affiliate List Information
If you are the Affiliate Rep. for your Society, use this form to update your Society’s “Affiliate List” info.
This will include your President and Newsletter Editors contact info, other contact information, and event details.
Updating CSSA & Affiliate Events Calendar Listing
Note that the event calendar is updated separately by sending event info to the Calendar Coordinator, Laurel Woodley, at calendar@cactusandsucculentsociety.org.
The CSSA Affiliates Committee
The Affiliates Committee is responsible for communications between the CSSA and local clubs.
We strive to to assist the affiliate societies by promoting their local activities and providing information and resources to help them improve their operations.
Committee Members
Co-Chairs: John Martinez, MA Bjarkman
Members: Ann Hopkinson, Judith Goodrode, Art Scarpa, Kimberly Gomez-Tong
Contact
For general inquiries: affiliate@cactusandsucculentsociety.org
For Affiliate Clubs – questions and support: Your society’s appointed Affiliate Rep should have been assigned a contact on the committee. You should email them directly.
Meetings
The committee organizes an in-person breakout meeting for Affiliate Society Representatives at each biennial convention, and has begun organizing a zoom meeting during the intervening years.
The most recent Zoom meeting of the Affiliate Society Representatives was held on September 21, 2024 at 12:30pm (Pacific). For more information, click here.