Membership

Board of Directors
2010-11

President:
Dawn Hanna
Vancouver BC

Vice-President
Ron Long
Port Moody BC

Treasurer:
Laura Dilley
Port Moody BC

Secretary
Virginia Skilton
Surrey BC

Membership Coordination:
Siv Klausen
Tsawwassen BC

Directors:

Hugh Daubeny
Vancouver BC

Laura Duncan
Kimberley BC

Helen Gowans
Vancouver BC

Moralea Milne
Victoria BC

Randal Mindell
Vancouver BC

Patrick Wilson
Langley BC

The NPSBC Native Plant Society of British Columbia is an organization that brings together people from throughout the province who enjoy, study and work with native plants and habitats. The society was founded in 1997 and has almost 300 members with a collective interest in education and communication about native plants and a commitment to their ethical use and conservation. The society's objectives are as follows:

Advance knowledge and awareness of the value of native plants.
Develop and maintain an inventory of the province's native plant species, communities and habitats.
Promote the conservation of the province's native plant species, communities and habitats.Initiate the development of guidelines concerning ethical uses of native plants.
Support the use of native plants in accordance with the ethical use guidelines.
Encourage the restoration of disturbed habitats of native plant species and communities.
Facilitate communication and interaction among individuals, groups and governments regarding native plant issues.
Support research on native plant and plant communities.

To become a member, you'll need to
a) choose your type of membership from below
b) fill out this form, and
c) pay the annual fee.

You can now pay and join online!

Individual memberships are open to all individuals and organizations and provide for full participation in the society including voting privileges and holding office. Regular members are informed of all activities and events of the society and receive the quarterly newsletter. $25

Student memberships are open to all individuals registered full-time in a post-secondary instution and provide for full participation in the society including voting privileges and holding office. Student members are informed of all activities and events of the society and receive the quarterly newsletter. $20

Household memberships incorporate an Individual Membership providing for full participation in the society including voting privileges and holding office for one designated member of a household at one address; and full discounts on workshops and other society events for other persons in the household at the same address. The household receives one copy per issue of the quarterly newsletter. $30

Sustaining memberships are non-voting and open to individuals, organizations or commercial firms that wish to promote the objectives of the society. They are informed of the society's activities and events, and receive the quarterly newsletter. $75

NPSBC E-MAIL DISCUSSION LIST

In 1999, founding Native Plant Society board member, Adolf Ceska, set up an e-mail discussion list as a convenient forum for members of the Society and other interested persons to discuss topics related to the native plants and habitats in British Columbia. The list is unmoderated, and discussion topics should be limited to botanical research, plant ecology, ethnobotany, native plant propagation, gardening with native plants, as well as events sponsored by the Society or similar organizations.

Remember the list is unmoderated so what you post on the list will be distributed to all subscribers. Please do not send attachments with your message.If you have any questions regarding the discussion list, please send them to the list administrator at NPSBC-L-owner (at) victoria.tc.ca.

BOTANICAL ELECTRONIC NEWS (BEN)

This semi-monthly electronic newsletter published by Dr. Adolf Ceska provides brief full-text articles about botany and plant ecology and news on botanists, botanical conferences and other events. It focuses on the Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia, but also has an international scope.

BEN is archived at:
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/

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