Call for Nominations
Pteridological Section
Botanical Society of America

Dear Pteridological Section Member,

We are currently soliciting nominations to fill a two-year position as Chair of the Pteridological Section. The duties of the position are:

1) attend the BSA Council Meeting at the August national meetings (a duty shared with the secretary/treasurer),
2) chair the annual Pteridological Section meeting held at the annual BSA meetings,
3) communicate with the BSA Executive Director
4) coordinate election for secretary/treasurer,
5) publicize annual Student Travel Awards, assemble selection committee, distribute and review applications, write award letters
6) develop and implement (in conjunction with the secretary/treasurer) an application and selection system for administering a $500 research award to a qualified undergraduate/graduate student

Please send nominations by October 1, 2005 to:

Karen Renzaglia, PhD
Plant Biology Department
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-3229 FAX (618) 453-3441
E-mail: renzaglia@plant.siu.edu

pp: William M Dahl
Executive Director
Botanical Society of America
4475 Castleman Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110

PO Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299

Ph: 314-577-9566
FAX: 314-577-9515
www.botany.org

Mission: The Botanical Society of America exists to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.

The objectives of The Society are to: sustain and provide improved formal and informal education about plants; encourage basic plant research; provide expertise, direction, and position statements concerning plants and ecosystems; and foster communication within the professional botanical community, and between botanists and the rest of humankind through publications, meetings, and committees.