[SOS-PCA] Nov. 7th Conf. Call Notes

[Mary_Byrne at blm.gov]

For anyone that missed the call below are the notes.

2007 SOS Training
      *  Will not be the week of April 16th, details to follow
Synthesis of North American Flora v 2.0 Distribution
      * IT is still testing, if you have not been able to access the
program, hopefully it will be ok'd for the national base line soon.
Data Forms and Images
      * With the collecting season coming to an end please submit all
collection information (data sheets, photographs, corrections, etc..).
Shipping
      *No news
Bend
      *No news
Questions for Kew
      *Final results for 2006 will be in sometime in March 2007 - species
are not considered collected until Kew sends out this report.
      *The collection information will be entered before Kew sends out it's
final report, so we will have some preliminary numbers to work with over
the winter.
Website
      * Any suggestions, comments, or complaints please let either Oliva or
Mary know.
2006 SOS Collection Season as part of a Native Plant Materials Development
Program Report
      *Call for articles for a 2006 SOS season report.
Round Robin and Announcements
      *Wyoming hired a state botanist.
      *Andy Walker (UNC) and Tristram Seidler (NEWFS) traveled to the
Millennium Seed Bank for training.
      *Emily Yates has been hired as CBG' s SOS Co-Coordinator and will be
working with Betsy Allen, the other CBG Co-Coordinator.

Next Call: Dec. 5th, 2006.







Mary K. Byrne
Seeds of Success
National Collections Data Manager
202-452-7767
www.nps.gov/plants/sos/