Dear BSA Members:

Good morning! November BSA eNewsletter - 35° and sunny in St. Louis!

Please take a few minutes to look through this email and take action where appropriate.

1. BSA Conservation Committee Chair, Dr. Kathryn Kennedy places a call for action… the plants of Hawaii need your help! Go to www.botany.org/news/newsletters/special-hawaii071107.php for more information.

2. BOTANY 2008 – Call for Field Trips DEADLINE 11/15/2007 - www.2008.botanyconference.org/2008Calls/2008ls_Ftrips.php

2a. We hope to see you in Vancouver! Please take the time to ensure your passport is up-to-date - www.2008.botanyconference.org/Info/index.php

3. BSA 2008 "Call for Nomination of Officers"
We are now accepting nominations for President-elect and Program Director for the spring 2008 election. For full details go to: www.botany.org/awards_grants/calls/2008nomination_of_officers.pdf.

4. Award Calls NOW OPEN:
a. MERIT Award - www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/merit.pdf
b. C. E. Bessey Teaching Award - www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bessey.pdf
c. Graduate Student Research Awards (including the J. S. Karling Award) - www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bsagrad.pdf
d. Young Botanist of the Year Awards - www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/yboy.pdf

5. Please take a few minutes now to renew your membership - https://payments.botany.org/joinbsa/.

6. The fall session of PlantingScience is in full swing. There are currently over 850 students online! Remember, PlantingScience is an important component in our efforts to support and enhance the public appreciation for science and an understanding of the importance of plants. Please take the time to look at the program and consider how you might become involved – www.PlantingScience.org. We are looking for mentors for the spring session, February 4 - April 4 and I ask that you please contact Claire at CHemingway@botany.org for more information. The time commitment is minimal and the payback is significant.

7. The American Journal of Botany is moving! Yes, we are moving our printing and manuscript submission & review process. As of January 2008, Sheridan Press will be handling the printing and distribution of the AJB. In conjunction with this, we will be enlisting the Aries - Editorial Manager as our manuscript handling software beginning in late November. Please watch the BSA and AJB websites for more information.

We trust you'll find the new product and services in keeping with our standards.

Thank you for your 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.