Sorry about the inclusion error. Not sure about the "political" matter. But yeah, I guess. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Fwd: Importation of Plants - Proposed rule - Request for Guidance > >I hope you will read the Nature Conservancy's position paper posted all >>over the Internet...I have also been a member in the past. This is >>truly frightening. > > Dear Tony, > > I suspect you are the most knowledgeable member on this new > "Proposed Rule". > > Would you be willing to put down in a few simple words and > sentences what you think this Rule might result in and then > > Who exactly (name, title email or postal address) we could contact, > > What topics might be of greatest importance to bring up and, > > When the deadline is for contacting the responsible agency(-ies) ??? > > Has the agency proposing this already incorporated everything > in Hortus, specialty seed list, etc > > Will this list be by family, or genus, or species or down to cv? > > I'll certainly try to marshal some effort if I had a direct > contact to inform of my concerns. > > > Thanks Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/