[PCA] PCA: Afternoon Bimonthly Meeting/Webinar for November 12, 2014 (moved to Washington, DC)

[Kwong, Olivia]

FEATURED SPEAKER:
Mary McKenna is an ecologist in the Department of Biology at Howard
University. She studies the ecology of plants that evolve in unusual
edaphic environments (particularly Ni-hyperaccumulators), and the above-
and below-ground interactions that influence nodulation in legumes. She has
been the Chair of the Science and Education Coordination Committee for the
National Ecological Observatory Network, Mid-Atlantic Domain since 2009 and
the Ecological Society of America Representative on the American Institute
of Biological Sciences Council since 1998.

NOTICE:
We have changed the meeting location to the Department of Interior's Main
Interior Building in Washington, DC. This requires going through security
as all adults are required to present a photo ID to enter the building, as
well as undergoing bag and parcel checks. You will need to arrive by 1:45
pm at the E Street entrance to be met and allowed into the building for the
meeting. Please see the full directions for attending the meeting included
in the agenda below. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting or join in
remotely via webinar (instructions are included in the agenda below). This
message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists.

Olivia Kwong
CPC/PCA
*http://www.blm.gov/pca <http://www.blm.gov/pca>*

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 a
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 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.

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PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

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                   Wednesday, November 12, 2014
                              2:00 - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: Room 5071 at the Main Interior Building
                  1849 C St. NW
                  Washington, DC  20240
Take the Orange Line to the Farragut West Metro Station. Go out the 18th
Street exit and walk south towards Constitution Avenue. The entrance to the
Department of Interior Main Interior Building is 5 blocks south on *E
Street between 18th and 19th Streets*. All adults are required to present a
photo ID to enter the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior
Building. All visitors will be subject to security screenings, including
bag and parcel checks. You will need to arrive by 1:45 pm at the E Street
entrance to be met and allowed into the building for the meeting. If you
arrive late, you can try texting or calling Peggy Olwell at (202) 494-0924.

WEBINAR: 1. Go to
https://mmancusa.webex.com/mmancusa/j.php?MTID=m11bf7c7c4c2245e7907668126e0b286c

2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: plant
4. Click "Join".
5. For the audio portion, call 866-815-0314 and the participant passcode is
6899235#

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              AGENDA

              2:00  Introductions

              2:05  Dr. Mary A. McKenna (Howard University) – The Ecology
of Nickel Accumulation in Mediterranean Serpentine Plant Species

              3:00  Announcements/Communications
              3:20  Updates on Activities
                   - Medicinal Plant Working Group
                   - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group &
Seeds of Success
                   - Interagency Seed Strategy
                   - Non-Federal Cooperator Committee
              3:55  Closing Remarks
              4:00  Adjourn

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                          UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                      [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]

                - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  TBD
                  Main Interior Building, Washington, DC

                - Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  TBD
                  Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
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