Dear XXXXX:

As a Society, we should honor and embrace our senior scholars in a manner that highlights their dedication to science, botany and to the BSA.  That is why, in 2006, the Botanical Society membership voted unanimously to thank all the emeritus members and acknowledge your contributions by making the emeritus membership category a non-dues, life-membership.  
 
As an Emeritus Member you will receive, at no charge, all emails, newsletters, and updates from the Society, a copy of each Plant Science Bulletin, and online access to all BSA materials, including the entire American Journal of Botany. You also have the ability to purchase the print version of the AJB and to maintain all of your sectional affiliations, but to do so you must go through the simple renewal process.

Your emeritus membership will be automatically renewed each year by BSA staff.  However, if you wish to join a section, update your shipping/contact information, make a gift to the Society, or purchase this year’s print version of the American Journal of Botany, we encourage you to renew online at:
https://payments.botany.org/joinbsa/
Your access details are: Username:  XXXX                                        
                                     Password: XXXX
Or download the membership form if you prefer to renew by check:
http://www.botany.org/membership/2008MembershipJoin-Emeritus.pdf

We want to encourage you to stay engaged and involved in the Society.  Please consider joining us for our annual meeting in Vancouver, July 26-30.  The Botanical Society of America is growing and evolving and your historical perspective is critical.  In leading and shaping the international community of plant scientists, the BSA needs your experience, knowledge, and expertise. 
 
Keep in mind that BSA also offers the opportunity to provide gift memberships to students or associate memberships to plant scientists working in developing nations who might not otherwise be able to afford a membership. To give a gift membership, please visit the following websites:
For students - https://payments.scientific-conference.net/giftmemberships.php
For associate members- https://payments.scientific-conference.net/associatememberships.php
  
As an emeritus member of the Botanical Society of America, we thank you for the years of service and loyalty that you have shown to the BSA.  Please don’t hesitate to contact the BSA staff or leadership of the Society at any time.   

Sincerely,

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
www.BotanyConference.org
www.PlantingScience.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.