<div dir="ltr"><div><p class=""><b>SOS Collectors' Call</b></p><p class=""><b>December 3, 2013</b></p>
<p class="">There were 19 collectors on the call.</p><p class=""><br></p><p class=""><b>PLEASE SEND ALL DATA, PHOTOS and ANNUAL REPORTS ASAP! </b></p><p class="">The National Coordinating Office is working on an article for a 2014 publication and would like to include 2013 information. </p>
<p class=""><b><u>2014 Training</u></b></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="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u>Update on data entry portal</u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><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=""><b><u>New SOS Website to
be Launched!</u></b></p>
<p class="">SOS website is moving from National Park Service to Bureau of Land Management web servers.</p><p class="">Stay tuned for an announcement over the SOS
listserve. </p>
<p class=""><b><u>Smithsonian
Institution</u></b></p>
<p class="">Please include Transmittal Notice and contact information with all vouchers.</p>
<p class="">Transmittal notice templates are available on the SOS website.</p>
<p class=""><b><u>Update from Bend </u></b></p><p class="">IT'S A GIRL! - Kayla will be on maternity leave but keep sending her emails, phone and email messages will be forwarded and taken care of.</p><p class=""></p>
<p class="">Weeks of Christmas and New Years will have slim staff. </p>
<p class="">988 seed lots received from SOS. 33% complete clean for the year (8% faster than
last year).<u></u></p>
<p class=""> </p></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>
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