[PCA] PCA: Afternoon Bimonthly Meeting/Webinar for November 13, 2013 (Arlington, VA)

[Kwong, Olivia]

Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting or join in
remotely via webinar (instructions at the bottom of this message).
This message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists.
Please note the change in agenda where the meeting is in the
afternoon and we will begin with the speaker.

Olivia Kwong
CPC/PCA
http://www.nps.gov/plants/

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bimonthly Meeting is an open forum
for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is
held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is
roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past
meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html
.

Note: The website is undergoing a move to the BLM server.

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         PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

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                   Wednesday, November 13, 2013
                              2:00 - 4:00 PM

               LOCATION: Conference Room at NatureServe
                         4600 N. Fairfax Dr., 7th Floor
                         Arlington, VA 22203

(Take the Orange Line to the Ballston Metro Station. From the Ballston
Station, go west on North Fairfax Drive.  Pass the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service building on the right.  Cross N. Glebe Road.  Turn left into the
entrance for the Holiday Inn Express.  NatureServe is in the white brick
building behind the Holiday Inn.  Take the elevator to the 7th Floor.
NatureServe has some vouchers available for 90 minutes of parking, if
needed.)

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              AGENDA

              2:00 Introductions

              2:05 Gerald "Stinger" Guala and Elizabeth Sellers (USGS) -
Biodiversity Information

Serving Our Nation (BISON): Overview of the national unified resource for
discovery, linkage and reuse of species occurrence data, with an update on
capabilities and partnerships now in development


              3:00 Announcements/Communications
              3:20 Updates on Activities
                   - Alien Plant Working Group
                   - Medicinal Plant Working Group
                   - Native Plant Materials Working Group & Seeds of Success
                   - Public Outreach Working Group
                   - Restoration Working Group
                   - MOU
                   - NGO Committee
              3:55 Closing Remarks
              4:00 Adjourn

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                          UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                      [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]

                - Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  Six Minute Science with the Plant Conservation Alliance:

Botanical Collections Advance Conservation Action

                  Q?rius, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History,
Washington, DC

                - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  TBA
                  NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

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Plant Conservation Alliance
Join us for a Webinar on November 13
Space is limited.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/774473838

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum
for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is held
every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is
roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting.

Title: Plant Conservation Alliance
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Mac®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer

Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet
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