The time is approaching for the JBS Spring meeting: Saturday, April 12 in Lewiston. Registration opens at 8:30am; the program begins at 9am. The exact location is the usual: Chase Lounge in Chase Hall on the Bates College Campus. Chase Hall is on Campus Avenue. Directions to Bates can be found on the web at: http://www.bates.edu/directions.xml The meeting pre-registration cost is $12 which includes lunch at the college dining hall. Registration cost at the door on April 12 is $15. To pre-register, please make out a check for $12 payable to JBS and send it to: Rick Speer, 566 N. Auburn Road, Auburn, ME 04210 by Friday, April 4. [This meeting is open to JBS members and non-members alike--same price for both categories.] I'll paste in the meeting program information below. Please do not print this out--program agendas with all details will be available for all at the meeting. However, since we do not do a paper mailing for this meeting (it was announced in the January JBS newsletter), PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION ON to other members and other interested people. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone on the 12th! Rick 783-8463 JBS Spring Meeting 2008 Saturday, 12 April 2008 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine The Flora of Maine 8:30 AM – registration, refreshments, and reconnecting 9:00 AM – Arthur Haines – Welcome and announcements 9:15 AM – Maine lichens (Jim Hinds) 9:55 AM – Maine fungi (Seanna Annis and members of MMA) 10:35 – BREAK 11:05 – Maine bryophytes: mosses (Pat Ledlie), hornworts, and liverworts (Alison Dibble) 11:45 – LUNCH 1:00 PM – Flora of Mount Desert Island (Sal Rooney and Jill Weber) 1:40 PM – Maine vascular plants (Arthur Haines) 2:20 PM – Wrap up and discussion 3:00 – Adjournment