[RWG] PCA: Bimonthly Meeting Agenda for July 11, 2007 (Arlington, VA)

[Olivia Kwong]

(Please disregard the previous message from Megan, this message contains 
the full information for the meeting.)

Megan Haidet will be presenting her Master's thesis research that
used the PCA Cooperators as her study population.  Come and listen to
her results profiling the general demographics, budgets and funding,
and management approaches of the PCA community.

Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting.  This
message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists.

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

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. Past
meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at
http://www.nps.gov/plants/meetings/bimonthly/index.htm.

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               PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

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                              Wednesday, July 11, 2007
                                  9:30 - 11:30 AM

                LOCATION: Conference Room at NatureServe
                          1101 Wilson Boulevard, 15th Floor
                          Arlington, VA 22209

(Take the Orange or Blue Line to Rosslyn Station. Go to 1101 Wilson Blvd.
Enter through the main entrance (the Post Office will be to the right
inside) and take the elevators up one level to the" Mall" level. Then exit
the elevator and find another set of elevators (around the corner) that
goes up to the 15th floor NatureServe reception desk.)

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            AGENDA

            9:30 Introductions
            9:35 Announcements/Communications
            9:55 Updates on Activities

                 - Alien Plant Working Group
                 - Medicinal Plant Working Group
                 - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group
                 - Public Outreach Working Group
                 - Restoration Working Group
                 - NFWF
                 - MOU
                 - NGO Committee

            10:30 Plant Conservation in the US: Long-term strategies for
                  policy makers and the non-governmental community -
                  Megan Haidet

            11:25 Closing Remarks
            11:30 Adjourn

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                                 UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                             [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]

              - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 9:30-11:30 AM
                TBA - Carmen Fells (Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
                and Enforcement)
                NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

              - Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 9:30-11:30 AM
                Prairie Ecosystem Research and Restoration Projects on
                U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lands - Pam Bailey (U.S. Army
                Corps of Engineers)
                NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA