Loraine, JBS now has a well defined mission. It is very successful as a
volunteer orgainization doing what it does. Its time, energy and money are
extremely limited. At the present time its very limited assets (read
volunteer services) deliver a very useful (and delightful) program to its
members. Let's keep it that way.
Once it starts trying to be all things to all people (and if adoption of
this idea is important, I can think of several others just as important) it
will lose its 'raison de etre' and start down a slippery slope to
nothingness because it will be spreading its limited assets over too large a
spectrum. It's acceptable and desirable for members to alert all of us at
any time to whatever might be of interest but lets keep the organization on
the (what has been very successful up to now) straight and narrow. I am
stringently opposed to the organization doing anything like this and if
necessary will make an issue of it. Joe Parks
----- Original Message -----
From: Loraine Kohorn <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Fwd: [PCA] PROJECT: Announcing the Native Plant Conservation
Campaign
> Dear JBS members,
>
> I'm not yet an official member of JBS, being new to the state, but was
> grateful for the recent exchange for letting me know how to go about
joining.
> I just received the below form the Plant Conservation Alliance; perhaps
> others of you did as well. Would the Josselyn Botanical Society be
> interested in joining the network as a group? Perhaps this would be
> worthy of discussion at the April meeting. For starters, if you have an
> opinion, yay or nay, please e-mail me (lkohorn@duke,edu)( I live in
> Brunswick now, despite the e-address), and I'll compile and post the
> results. Also, I'd appreciate any info on current involvement of the JBS
> in other ongoing plant conservation efforts (e.g. NEWFS) .
>
> Thanks
>
> Loraine
>
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> >From: "Emily B. Roberson" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: [PCA] PROJECT: Announcing the Native Plant Conservation Campaign
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> >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:23:24 EST
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> >
> >Calling all Native Plant Societies, Botanical Gardens, Arboreta and
> >others working to conserve the flora of the U.S.
> >
> >The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and the Center for Biological
> >Diversity invite you to join us in a new project - the Native Plant
> >Conservation Campaign.
> >
> >The goal of the Campaign is to assemble a national network of native
> >plant societies, botanical gardens, and other plant conservation
> >organizations that will support each other's work, exchange information
> >and work together to create a strong national voice in support of native
> >plants.
> >
> >We will advocate for
> >* improved staffing and funding for Federal botany programs on National
> >Parks, National Forests, BLM lands, and within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
> >Service
> >* improved staffing and funding for prevention and control programs for
> >invasive exotic organisms
> >* increased use of local native plants in restoration
> >* increased funding for plant science research and education
> >* changes in Federal law better to conserve imperiled plants
> >
> >A full project description is available at
> >http://www.cnps.org/NPCC/npcc.pdf
> >
> >For more information about the Native Plant Conservation Campaign contact
> >Emily Roberson at [log in to unmask] or go to http://www.cnps.org/npcc.htm
> >
> >Thank you!
> >
> >Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.
> >Director
> >Native Plant Conservation Campaign
> >415 970 0394 - Phone
> >[log in to unmask] - e mail
> >
> >The mission of the NPCC is to promote appreciation and conservation of
> >native plant species and communities through education, law, policy, land
> >use and management.
> >
> >The NPCC is a project of the Center for Biological Diversity and the
> >California Native Plant Society.
> >http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/
> >http://www.cnps.org/
>
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