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NZPCN Committee - Officers - (2007-2008)

As President Ian coordinates the activities of the network via the council and by representing and promoting the network at every opportunity. Ian plays a major role in the overall strategic direction of the network, helping to recruit members, listening to the members; seeking support via sponsorship and via patrons. Ian provides a regular commentary in the networks newsletter Trilepidea and by prompting members to contribute. Ian strongly maintains his key role is to initiate new ideas to help the network achieve its mission. Contact: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

Vice President: Position Vacant.

Secretary: Mr John Sawyer

A plant ecologist with the Department of Conservation for 14 years involved in threatened species recovery, island restoration, habitat protection and pest plant management. As well as being a founding member and Secretary of the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network he is also Editor of the Wellington Botanical Society Bulletin and Immediate Past President of the New Zealand Ecological Society. He has written a range of books about native plants, environmentally friendly gardening and most recently about gourmet tramping. John is the webmaster for the NZPCN website and is the first point of contact for the website. Contact: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content].

Treasurer: Mr Mike Oates

Founding member of the network, former President of the NZPCN Mike is currently the network’s treasurer. Mike has a keen interest in native plants and horticulture. Aside from being responsible for the networks finances, for the next twelve months Mike will be part of a small Wellington team to organise the logistics for the2008 NZPCN conference. Contact: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content].

Network Administrator: Dr Eric Scott

A retired Lincoln University academic. Interests include insect ecology and conservation including plant-insect interactions. As administrator for the network Eric’s responsibilities are to look after membership details from the processing of new registrations through issuing subscription notices to keeping the database up to date with members’ changes. He also assembles the text of each issue of Trilepidea before sending it to Jeremy Rolfe for conversion into a PDF file with relevant illustrations. Contact: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]

Posted: 03/11/2007