<div dir="ltr"><div>An old message, but a great group to join. And the annual meeting in Chico is always a fun and deep botanical dive. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lawrence P Janeway</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:LJaneway@csuchico.edu">LJaneway@csuchico.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 5:10 PM<br>Subject: Be a member of Northern California Botanists!<br>To: Herbarium <<a href="mailto:herbarium@csuchico.edu">herbarium@csuchico.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Northern California botany enthusiast,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Northern California Botanists (NCB) is a volunteer-run non-profit and we rely on membership dues and donations to fund our expansive Barbara Castro student botany research
scholarship program, our new Dean Taylor botanical exploration award (for students and non-students), pay for travel/registration stipends for students to attend symposia, and to help offset the cost of our (almost) yearly botany symposia. We hope that you
will consider becoming a member (or renewing your membership if it has lapsed) so that we can continue supporting and celebrating botany in Northern California. Annual membership dues are kept low to encourage membership and participation in the organization.
Dues are $15 for students/limited income, $25 regular, and $40 for family, small business, or non-profit. You can become a member or renew on our website or find directions there to pay by check. Thank you for your continued support!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Northern California Botanists Board of Directors:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Linnea Hanson, Jane Van Susteren, Russell Huddleston, Gail Kuenster, Israel Borokini, Cherilyn Burton, Kerry Byrne, Lawrence Janeway, Kristen Kaczynski, Len Lindstrand III,
Teresa Sholars, Joseph Silveira, and Daria Snider.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information about Northern California Botanists:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Northern California Botanists is an organization with the purpose of increasing knowledge about botanical issues concerning science, conservation, education, and
professional development. Our primary objectives are to establish a communication forum via occasional meetings, scholarship funds for student research and special projects related to botanical problems and exploration in northern California, a job forum,
and symposia that focus on the botany of northern California."<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You received this message because you are on an e-mail list maintained by NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOTANISTS. This list is much larger than the membership of NCB and
attempts to include everyone who might have an interest in botanical happenings occurring throughout northern California. This list is used solely for communication about activities of NCB and other botanically oriented activities of similar organizations
in northern California that might be of interest to our readers. NCB does not share or loan this list with anyone else. This is not a discussion group or listserv.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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