Board of Directors
2007-08


President:
Virginia Skilton
Surrey BC

Vice-President/ Recording Secretary: Rossalynn Woodgate
Duncan BC
Treasurer:
Judith Cowan
Vancouver BC

Membership Coordination:
Leslie Ingram
North Vancouver BC

Information Coordination:
Ross Waddell
Vancouver BC


Directors:

Eva Antonijevic
Naramata BC

Hugh Daubeny
Vancouver BC

Laura Duncan
Kimberly BC

Liis Jeffries
Merritt BC

Ron Long
Port Moody BC

Moralea Milne
Victoria BC

The NPSBC Native Plant Society of British Columbia is an organization bringing 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 three hundred 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.

TYPES OF MEMBERSHIPS:

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. $25.00

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. $30.00

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. $75.00


 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/

 





Tiger lily
(Lilium columbianum)
Image© copyright Frank Skelton









NPSBC Membership Form (PDF)




 MAIL MEMBERSHIPS TO:

NPSBC Membership
c/o Judith Cowan
305 - 2485 Balaclava Street
Vancouver BC V6K 4N9









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