Lorelei Norvell - 22 February, 1999
Re: No funds approved for Nature Quest
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:50:33 -0500 (EST)
To: pick@pick.uga.edu (John Pickering)
From: lorelei@teleport.com (Lorelei Norvell)
Subject: Re: No funds approved for Nature Quest
Hi John --
Sorry to hear what you pretty much expected. Although I find the 16k to be
allotted among us more clamorous types to be heartening.
Is there anyway I could use those funds for Rod to get the Butterflies
project up and running?
Have heard from the President of NAMA that endorsement of the ATBI looks
likely. However, it won't be officially announced until the last stray
responds. You know how that goes.
Just got back from the windy blustery rainy rainy northern California coast
to a windy blustery blustery rainy Oregon valley. I'm fated to rust
whereever I go....
The redwoods were spectacular, even in the rain.
Warmly,
Lorelei
>Christi, Brian, Eric, Kitty, & Lorelei,
>
>Please do not kill the messenger. Our Executive Committee tabled my
>request for funds to be appropriated for the Nature Quest. Sorry. I
>tried.
>
>The issue of funding you may be raised again during the March meeting of
>the Executive Committee. However, I'll be in Panama and will not be able
>to be your advocate. I'm hoping that Peter White will contact you and
>interface your efforts with the Executive Committee. Alternately, Keith
>Langdon or Jody may be able to be more effective than I.
>
>The Executive Committee is concerned that we cannot handle a large Nature
>Quest this first year and want to keep it manageable. Kitty, you're off
>the hook regarding ants. There is very little support for including them.
>I now recommend that we restrict our efforts with ants to the pilots with
>our teachers in Georgia.
>
>Again, sorry for the disappointment. I very much value what you all are
>doing and hope that this doesn't dampen your enthusiasm too much.
>
>On the positive side, $16,000 will be made available to four Taxonomy
>Teams, including Diptera and Fungi, and $8,000, to equip a new
>training/sorting/processing/data center at Cosby.
>
>Cheers,
>Pick
>
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Lorelei Norvell, PhD
Pacific Northwest Mycology Service
6720 NW Skyline Blvd
Portland, OR 97229-1309
phone: 503 297-3296
FAX: 503 296-6745
E-mail: lorelei@teleport.com