<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="">SOS Collectors Call - September 10, 2013</p>
<p class="">There were 27 participants on the call.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Closing out 2013
collection season</span></p><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Data forms</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> – Please send them to </span><a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">mahaidet@blm.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> as soon as they are complete. We are writing an article on the program and would like to include 2013 data in our analysis.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Annual report </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">– Annual reports are due
at the end of the calendar year. Please
take a look at them and keep track of partnerships, volunteers, and
educational/outreach events.</span></p><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-</span><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9px"> </span></font><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Photos</b> - Remember to use the naming convention featured in the SOS Protocol. Please either email photo files or send a cd. </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Herbarium vouchers - </b>Smithsonian does not need data forms, just labels (this change will be reflected in the next update of the SOS Protocol). Please include contact information, in case Smithsonian needs to follow up.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Clearance forms</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> – Please submit these, with at least 30 days
turn around time, if you would like any seed balance returned to your
office. If you have more than 3
collections to request back, please use the Word document and add extra rows to
the form.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Looking ahead to 2014</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Update on data entry portal</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> – We are working with the developers on
this. Once the product is ready, a small
group from the field will test it. Once
all of the kinks are worked out we will let everyone know. Multiple webinars will be presented to inform
the field how to use the web-based data entry portal. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- <b>Training courses</b> - Are especially important for new collection teams.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BLM Seed Collection for Conservation and Restoration course May 12-16,
Boise, ID</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CLM Seed Collection for Conservation and Restoration training June
9-13, Glencoe, IL</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Bend Seed Extractory
Update</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">878 seed lots received
by Bend, ship all seed to Bend ASAP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cleaning progress is
going well, 30% so far, hoping to finish by spring</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kayla will be on
maternity leave beginning in December and ending in February. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Please contact her (<a href="mailto:kherriman@fs.fed.us">kherriman@fs.fed.us</a>) if you have any questions, she will forward information to Jim Garner her backup,
response time will be a little longer than normal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please send all seed
by Dec. if possible</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Holiday closures – no
long closures but staff will slim down Dec. 20-Jan3 to take vacation for the
holidays. Please avoid sending seed </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>- Smithsonian Update</b> - </span>700 vouchers received this year</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If any changes need to
be made to the identification of a species, contact </span><a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">mahaidet@blm.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> with the information that needs to be
edited. Depending on where the seed and
data is in the chain of collection to cleaning to storage, Megan Haidet will
contact the appropriate parties so the data can be updated appropriately.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You can use any email
address to sign up for the SOS listserve.
Instructions can be found here: </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/plants/sos/maillist.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.nps.gov/plants/sos/maillist.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Next Call: Tuesday,
December 3, 2013</span></p><p class="">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet<div>Seeds of Success<br>
<div>National Collection Curator</div><div>Seeds of Success</div><div>202-912-7233</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/sos" target="_blank">www.blm.gov/sos</a></div></div></div></div>
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