Thanks, Rick - I received the notice. Mag Wine At 02:11 PM 3/6/2005, you wrote: >Our Spring Meeting will take place on Saturday, April 9 in Chase Hall at >Bates College in Lewiston. The theme for the meeting is "The Future of >Plant Conservation in Maine" and a number of people have been working hard >on the planning: Hank Tyler, Christopher Campbell, Arthur Haines, Alison >Dibble, and Don Cameron. I'll paste in the draft agenda below. > >PLEASE if you receive this meeting notice, email me directly at >[log in to unmask] to let me know that you have it. That way we can >save some postage. (For all those that I have not heard from, I will be >sending out a paper notice next week.) So, if you are reading this, email me! > >The meeting will begin at 9am and is scheduled to end at 3pm. The >pre-registration cost is $12 (includes lunch at the Bates College >cafeteria). Please make out a check payable to 'Rick Speer' and mail it >to me at the address below. (Registration at the door will be $15.) > >For directions to Bates, look on their website at: >http://www.bates.edu/directions.xml > >Rick Speer >566 N. Auburn Road >Auburn ME 04210 >(207) 783-8463 > >Draft Agenda >Spring JBS Meeting >Saturday, April 9th > >"The Future of Plant Conservation in Maine" > >Christopher Campbell, Moderator, Professor of Plant Systematics, UMaine > >8:30 Registration >9:00 Welcoming by Christopher Campbell >9:05 Why It Is Important to Conserve Rare Plants * Dr. Alison Dibble, >Plant Conservation Biologist, Brooklin, Maine >9:30 Conservation Status of Maine's Rarest Plants * Don Cameron, >Department of Conservation, Natural Areas Program >10:00 Break >10:30 Future Conservation Issues in Maine * Karin Tilberg, Deputy >Commissioner, Department of Conservation >11:00 Special Plant Habitats * Arthur Haines, consulting botanist >11:30 Plant Monitoring and Landowner Contact Program * Bill Brumback, >New England Wild Flower Society >12:00 Lunch >1:15 Panel Discussion: Getting Involved in Future Plant Conservation >Issues > Hank Tyler, Moderator >Panel members: > Rep. Elaine Makas, Lewiston > Karen Tilberg, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Conservation > Bonnie Loundsbury, past president, Androscoggin Land Trust > Theresa Kerchner, executive director, Kennebec Land Trust > Andy Cutko, Maine Natural Areas Program > Josh Royte, The Nature Conservancy > Paula Thompson, State Planning Office, Senior Planner