ATBI Volunteers
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 10:51:05 -0400
To: susan sachs <sachss@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us>
From: pick@pick.uga.edu (John Pickering)
Subject: Volunteers for ATBI
Cc: alley@discoverlife.org, Karen_Ballentine@nps.gov,
bogartg01@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us, babette_collavo@nps.gov,
jody@discoverlife.org, Nancy_Keohane@nps.gov, Keith_Langdon@nps.gov,
becky_nichols@nps.gov, Chuck_Parker@nps.gov, skillen@pick.uga.edu,
Dana_Soehn@nps.gov, Chris_Stein@nps.gov, mjwillia@tricon.net
Susan,
Thanks for the offer of Paul's help. We're still putting our organization
together and can use all the organizational help that we can get. Please
have Paul call me at 706-542-1115, and I'll try to fit him as best as
possible.
We need help in four primary areas: science, education, development and
general organization. At this point in time our weakness is in general
organization. We are not harnessing all the energy that is available to
help us in the other three areas. I've had several requests such as yours
that have as of yet gone unanswered because we don't yet have the mechanism
to plug volunteers, school classes, scout troups, etc. into our
organization.
Depending on what Paul is interested in, my inclination is for him to help
get these volunteers organized and then support science, education, and
development. Last week Discover Life in America hired Jody Flemming as a
full-time administative assistant/coordinator. Jody is still getting his
feet wet and figuring out his own responsibilities. If Paul is interested,
I would like him to work alongside Jody until he has a better feel of our
(dis)organization and we can decide where he best can help. Fortunately,
Jody now is on-line <jody@discoverlife.org> and has a phone (423-430-7283).
He is based in the barn at Twin Creeks.
One mundane immediate need regarding the December meeting is to work the
phones/email to figure out who is coming to help us plan logistics.
Please ask Paul to register under our "Get Involved" link at
<www.discoverlife.org>.
Looking forward to your input at the December meeting. There should be
quite a few folks there interested in how best to involve classes of
students in the science of the ATBI.
Cheers,
Pick
>Hi,
>My name is Susan Sachs and I met you at the ATBI meeting last December, I
>work with the NPS and the Gatlinburg School District as the Parks as
>Classrooms Coordinator. I am writing to let you know that I have a friend
>who would like to volunteer some time with the ATBI. He has excellent
>adminsitrative, communication and organizational skills. Is there anything
>he can do to assist with the upcoming meeting in December (and beyond)?
>Please let me know or give him a call at (423)436-8432, his name is Paul
>Johnson. If there is someone else who should be contacted to set him up as
>a volunteer, please pass this message onto them. Thanks for your time and
>I'll see you in a couple of weeks.
>
>Susan Sachs
>SachsS@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us
>(423)436-5076
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John Pickering
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2602
Office: 706-542-1115 Messages: 706-542-3379
Laboratory: 706-542-1388 FAX: 706-542-3344
e-mail: pick@pick.uga.edu Home: 706-353-7076
Web sites: <www.discoverlife.org> <http://dial.pick.uga.edu>
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