Yup, got it. Thanks! Anne On 3/6/05 2:11 PM, "Rick Speer" <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > ³The Future of Plant Conservation in Maine² > > 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 Maine¹s 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 >