Dear BSA Members

Good afternoon! January 2007 Newsletter
(on the web at: www.botany.org/news/newsletters/newsletter070119.php)

I hope everyone is having a reasonable start to the new year. If you haven't yet done so, please remember to renew your membership for 2007. It looks as if most of you have - thank you!

If you are publishing and haven't looked at the benefits of being a BSA member for a while, I'd suggest you do so. As a member, and in particular a student member, publishing in the AJB is an extremely good option - www.botany.org/membership/benefits.php.

Items of Interest

1. Thank You!
On behalf of the Society I'd like to thank Suzanne Koptur and the membership committee for putting forward the Holiday NEW Student "gift membership" program. This was a big success with over 140 new student members. Thanks also to all of you who took part! If you missed Suzanne's note, it can be found on the web at www.botany.org/membership/studentdrive06.php.

2. BSA 2007 "Call for Nomination of Officers"
Nominations for President-elect and Treasurer for the spring 2007 election close on February 15^th. Please take the time to put forward your candidates. For full details go to: www.botany.org/awards_grants/calls/2007nomination_of_officers.pdf.

3. 2007 Botanical Society Award Nominations
Nominations are now open for the following awards: BSA Merit Award(s), C. E. Bessey Teaching Award(s), Darbaker Prize, Grady L. Webster Structural Botany Publication Award, John S. Karling & BSA Graduate Student Research Awards, and the BSA Young Botanist of the Year Awards. See the BSA homepage - www.botany.org.

Please note: There are a number of Student Travel Awards for the Botany 2007 Conference posted on the BSA homepage, including the Conant "Botanical Image" Awards and the Vernon I Cheadle Awards - www.botany.org.

4. Botany & Plant Biology 2007
Abstracts are now being accepted for Botany & Plant Biology 2007. For up-to-date information go to: www.2007.botanyconference.org.

5. 2007 Membership Renewals
Please remember to renew your membership for 2007. You may renew online at: https://secure.botany.org/secure/default.asp?lType=2.

Please note: If you have any trouble at all, please contact us at bsa-manager@botany.org or 314-577-9566 for assistance.

Thank you for your time!

Sincerely,

William M Dahl
Executive Director
Botanical Society of America
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St. Louis, MO 63110

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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.