DLIA Sorting and Processing Center Proposal
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:28:47 -0500
Subject: DLIA Sorting and Processing Center Proposal
From: "Jody Flemming" <jody@discoverlife.org>
To: Becky Nichols <becky_nichols@nps.gov>, Chuck Parker <chuck_parker@nps.gov>,
Keith Langdon <Keith_Langdon@nps.gov>, Peter White <pswhite@unc.edu>,
pick@pick.uga.edu, Mary Williams <mjwillia@tricon.net>,
Frank Harris <wfharris@utk.edu>, Tom Kiernan <tkiernan@npca.org>,
Charles Maynard <grsm_friends_of_grsm_np@nps.gov>,
phil_francis@nps.gov, Mike Sharkey <msharkey@byron.ca.uky.edu>
Here is the funding proposal that Becky Nichols worked out for our Sorting
and Processing center. Thanks to Frank Harris' loan of microscopes and the
NHA money for bar-coding equipment, the funding request dropped from over
12K to 4K. Please look this over for discussion on Monday.
The Sorting and Processing Center will be a place for visiting
professionals to access laboratory facilities, such as microscopes and
bar-coding eqiupment, after collecting in the Park. Additionally, personnel
of the Center will be responsible for specimen tracking, data entry, bulk
sample sorting, and distribution of specimens for further identification.
Currently, the Sorting and Processing Center is furnished with tables,
chairs, 6 binocular dissecting microscopes (on loan from UT), and an iMac
computer, which has been furnished by DLIA. A bar-coding system soon will
be purchased with funds from NHA ($3,600).
The remaining needs of the Center for the first year include basic
laboratory supplies (vials, ethyl alcohol, forceps, sorting trays, etc.),
packing and mailing supplies, a thermal printer for permanent voucher
labels, and a data processing program (Biota).
The detailed budget is as follows:
1. Thermal printer 2,000.00
2. Packing supplies 175.00
3. Sorting equipment 290.00
4. Laboratory supplies 1,000.00
5. Miscellaneous supplies 335.00
6. Biota 200.00
TOTAL 4,000.00
Jody Flemming
Discover Life in America
(423) 430-4752
1314 Cherokee Orchard Road
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
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