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
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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/
> >