Well Joe, so much for my formal letter--you said it all! We are struggling with the size of Josselyn just to be able to do "our thing" in the summer, and I think you expressed what we are about much better than I did! Thanks! Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Parks <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: [PCA] PROJECT: Announcing the Native Plant Conservation Campaign > 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 > > > > >X-Sieve: cmu-sieve 2.0 > > >From: "Emily B. Roberson" <[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: [PCA] PROJECT: Announcing the Native Plant Conservation Campaign > > >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > > >X-edited-by: [log in to unmask] > > >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:23:24 EST > > >Sender: [log in to unmask] > > >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter, Duke University (http://amavis.org/) > > > > > >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/ > >