<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Shannon M Still</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:still@ucdavis.edu">still@ucdavis.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 1:16 PM<br>Subject: California Botanical Society’s 2018 Annual Banquet and Meeting in Davis (April 14)<br>To: Jason Sexton <<a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br><br><br>



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I wanted to send you this information about the California Botanical Society Annual Banquet and Meeting to be held in Davis on April 14.</div>
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Could you spread the word to your students and the department? Note that the student rate is $30 and the field trips are $5. So, students can attend for very cheap.</div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Shannon Still<br>
Director of Plant Conservation and Curator<br>
UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden<br>
<a href="mailto:still@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">still@ucdavis.edu</a><br>
<a href="tel:(530)%20752-7822" value="+15307527822" target="_blank">530-752-7822</a></div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Announcing the California Botanical Society’s </font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span>on </span><span><b>Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 5pm</b> </span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center"><span><font size="4">in the UC Davis Arboretum & Public Garden. </font></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">We hope you will join us for the food, field trips, and flowers!  </font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Please see details below, and <span>register</span><span> at </span><a href="http://www.calbotsoc.org/events" target="_blank">www.calbotsoc.<wbr>org/events</a><span>, </span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center"><span><font size="4">or mail in registration form (attached) by April 6th. </font></span></div>
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<div><span style="text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4">Davis Alumni Center, AGR Room</font></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><font size="4"><span style="text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Date/Time:</b> </span><b> </b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><font size="4">April 14, 2018</font></div>
<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><font size="4"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">5:00 PM</b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> –
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<p style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px"><font size="4"><b>Dr. Maureen Stanton</b><b> </b></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px"><span style="font-size:14px"><font>Distinguished Professor Emerita of Evolution and Ecology, </font><span>UC Davis </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 6px"><b><font size="4">"How (and why) to cultivate our next crop of botanists"</font></b></p>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">We will be carpooling to visit a couple of vernal pools on private lands, the owners of which will require us to sign liability waivers. Please bring water and a lunch for a day out in the sun.
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<div style="text-align:center">Leader: Jean-Philippe "JP" Marie, Manager, Putah Creek Riparian Reserve</div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We have reserved a block of hotel rooms at the Hyatt Place UC Davis for both Friday (April 13) and Saturday (April
 14) nights. Please use this link to book your room and benefit from special rates: </span><a href="https://ucdavis.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html?corp_id=G-U154" target="_blank">CalBotSoc banquet at UC Davis</a>. </font></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Susan Mazer</b></span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:14px">California Botanical Society, President</span></div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-size:14px"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Rachael L. Olliff Yang</b><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">California Botanical Society, Membership Chair</span></span></div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-size:14px">Follow us on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/CalBotSoc" target="_blank">@CalBotSoc</a>, Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/calbotsociety/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/<wbr>calbotsociety/</a>,
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