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SUMMARY:Geneva Area Turtle and Tortoise Society's free meeting on June 7
DESCRIPTION:Turtle and Tortoise Meetups > Geneva Area Turtle and Tortoise S
 ociety\n\nhttp://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/4/e/c/event_123812
 4.jpeg\n\nBecause so many new members recently joined the club (88 families
  or individuals are current members)\, it's time for us to meet the newcome
 rs. We'll introduce the new members at the June 7 meeting\, and learn about
  them and their turtles and tortoises. Come to meet other soft-hearted owne
 rs of these hard-shelled reptiles.\n\nLearning about the care\, feeding\, h
 ousing and breeding of turtles and tortoises from owners in the Geneva area
  is the best way to give our pets the benefit of everyone else's local expe
 rience. Peter and other expert herpetologists at these meetings can answer 
 all the technical questions you may have. Other members can explain how the
 y handled any unusual situations they encountered with their own turtles an
 d tortoises.\n\nhttp://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/4/f/2/event_
 2034514.jpeg\n\nThe June 7 meeting will be held in the garden of club leade
 rs Suzanne and Peter. It's in Nyon\, about 15 minutes northeast of Geneva. 
 There you can see twelve aquatic turtles basking or swimming with hundreds 
 of fish in the two water-lily ponds. Ten terrestrial tortoises stroll throu
 ghout the fenced-in garden or in their enclosed 'tortoisarium.' Five baby t
 ortoises will be in their indoor terrarium.\n\nIf the adults lay any eggs b
 y June 7\, they'll be moved to develop in Peter's home-made incubator\, whe
 re the latest babies hatched out last year. He'll explain how you can make 
 your own simple incubator\, and how to regulate its temperature and humidit
 y to be ideal for hatching the eggs of whichever species of turtles and tor
 toises you have.\n\nhttp://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/3/f/3/ev
 ent_1697395.jpeg\n\nYou can also learn how to make insulated shelters so th
 at tortoises can hibernate in Geneva-area gardens every winter\, how to pre
 pare ideal nesting areas in which turtles and tortoises can lay their eggs\
 , see the wide range of ordinary foods that will keep your reptile pets hea
 lthy all their long lives\, and learn many other ways to create an ideal lo
 cal environment for them.\n\nVisitors are always welcome at the turtle soci
 ety's free meetings\, so invite your interested friends\, neighbors and chi
 ldren to come along. They can read full details of the June 7 meeting on th
 e club's web site at http://turtles.meetup.com/44/calendar/7811202. Details
  of all upcoming meetings are always in the site's 'Calendar' section at ht
 tp://turtles.meetup.com/44/calendar/list. Click on the title of each meetin
 g to read its location and details\, then click Yes\, Maybe\, or No to indi
 cate if you can attend. If your plans change\, you can always return to the
  meeting's description page to revise your RSVP. \n\nEveryone can also inst
 antly join the club for free right on its web site. Have your friends log o
 n to http://turtles.meetup.com/44/about to learn all about the club and how
  to navigate the site's many informative pages. If they like what they read
 \, they can join the club by clicking the red link marked 'Sign up\,' and c
 an then attend all the free meetings.\n\nhttp://photos2.meetupstatic.com/ph
 otos/event/4/3/f/4/event_1697396.jpeg\n\nMembership has its privileges. Eve
 ryone can read the current vote counts in the web site's 'Polls' section at
  http://turtles.meetup.com/44/polls\, but only club members can register or
  change their votes on each question to affect the outcomes. The club is or
 ganized by Suzanne and Peter\, but it's run democratically by members who v
 ote on various topics to determine its management.\n\nEveryone can view the
  pictures in the site's 'Photos' section at http://turtles.meetup.com/44/ph
 otos\, but only club members can have photos of their turtles\, tortoises\,
  shelters\, incubators\, aquariums and terrariums posted there. If a member
  e-mails at least ten digital photos and captions to PeterSuzanne2@hotmail.
 com\, Peter will create a new photo album on the web site for that member.\
 n\nhttp://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/5/e/3/event_1858851.jpeg\
 n\nEveryone can attend the free meetings wherever they're held\, but only c
 lub members can host a turtle society meeting in their own home. Meetings a
 lways take place on the first Saturday of every month\, and occasionally on
  the third Saturday as well. Hosting is easy\, involving little more than p
 roviding some snacks and drinks for those who attend. Peter and Suzanne alw
 ays help the hosts before and during each meeting. Contact them to reserve 
 a preferred date for a meeting chez vous before some other member chooses t
 hat date.\n\nBut first\, be sure to submit your RSVP for the June 7 meeting
  in Nyon. Club leaders Suzanne and Peter hope to introduce many new club me
 mbers to the oldtimers at this event. Everyone's welcome.\n\nhttp://photos4
 .meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/9/8/4/event_1243396.jpeg\n\nNyon - Switzer
 land\n\nSaturday\, June 7 at 3:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.
 com/photos/event/b/6/0/e/event_226606.jpeg\n\nAttending: 0\n\nDetails: http
 ://turtles.meetup.com/44/calendar/7811202/
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