The SCPCA will have a membership meeting January 23, 10:00-3:00 at Riverbanks Botanical Garden.

Many thanks to Andy Cabe and Riverbanks for hosting this meeting!

Here’s a link to a doodle poll to RSVP for the Membership Meeting. It would help to have an idea of how many people are coming.

https://doodle.com/poll/7ir6dzzf86a95eha

If you know people who are interested in participating, please invite them!

Lunch: Bring your own. We hope this will facilitate productive (and fun!) discussions during the lunch hour.
Snacks: Coffee will be provided. Contributions to a snack table are welcome!

Proposed meeting agenda – subject to change as we see who is coming

10:00 Introduction to SCPCA – Amy
formed to provide boots on the ground to help prevent plant extinctions, website – please contribute!, what other state PCAs are doing: Amy

10:15 – 12:00 Species reports
American chaffseed 5-year review – April
Smooth coneflower: David White
May-white azalea: Charlie Horn
etc….
(These should be short, about 10 minutes each, depending on how many species leads can talk – regardless, we should end for lunch promptly at noon)
Possibly we can conclude with a short discussion of future 2018 projects and needs.

12:00-1:00 Lunch
Brown-bag lunch at facility or on patio (if it’s not freezing, and who knows what the weather will be!)

1:00 Group Discussion: Species leads: what should they do?
Plus: what other projects might we want to take on, monitoring/surveying/safeguarding needs, plus FUNDING!!!

2:00-3:00 Education on Plant Conservation
For example:
2:00 T&E Rare Species Propagation and Enhancement Best Practices – Patrick
2:20 Population Monitoring Projects and Protocols – Robin
2:40 Sharing and Maintenance of Conservation Data – Biotics (Status) – Kathy and Herrick
NB: or something like this; speakers and topics subject to change.

3:00 Meeting adjourns