I am open to anything....Originally Posted by JerseyJersey
Anyone else...one more and we can sponsor a sign.
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I am open to anything....
Anyone else...one more and we can sponsor a sign.
Hello Cynthia, haven't heard from or seen you in a long time.
Once the State officials who look at and approve kiosks and plant ID panels considered what would be acceptable we priced it out and found that $375 is what the cost of each plant ID panel was going to be. This price includes design and the fabrication of the rhino panels. The rhino panels are like the 7 panels on the trail. (Have you and David had a chance to look at the trail and panels?)
Over the past few days I have been in the process of writing a letter to the folks that donated their $50 (circa 2003 & 2004) and explaining the cost differences. I will post the gist of that correspondence here. The letter has not yet been completed.
The NFSA BoD voted unanimously to offer a refund to each of the $50 donors. We also decided that if any of those $50 donors wanted to fully sponsor a plant ID panel they could pay the difference between what the old Peacock Springs CSO board assumed the price would be for a wire rimmed sign and what the new NFSA has determined the actual price is for a rhino panel sign.
We also decided that we should, and will honor the winners of the plant ID panels who won them as door prizes at workshops & seminars. The NFSA will pay the $375 for these panels rather than to take away good faith door prizes given away by various workshop and seminar organizers.
I hope this explains to you and everyone else the stance that the NFSA has taken. We also thank you for your interest in the plant ID panels.
Jim Wyatt
Treasurer, NFSA
I LOVE duckweed and aligators are pretty awesome, too.
I'll help sponser a duckweed sign : )
Or aligator.... or... I don't care.
Last edited by pink arrows; 06-16-2011 at 09:43 PM. Reason: obvious indecisiveness..... lol
Okay, that is three!
COOL!
If you go here,this is what we have been approved for http://www.northfloridaspringsalliance.org/ This is based on species that are on the trail (no point in having duckweed or an alligator that can't be seen on the trail)but also appear as species on the management plan for Peacock Springs. We have several things already sponsored (and they are going quick,with half already sponsored). Spoken for is the Florida Maple,Southern Magnolia,Sparkleberry,Cabbage Palm,Red Bay,and trees as structure.
"Not all change is improvement...but all improvement is change" Donald Berwick
Sorry Cheryl. Unfortunately duckweed and alligators are not on the trail,and since the plant Id panel will be near the species.
"Not all change is improvement...but all improvement is change" Donald Berwick
Perhaps the trail should be expanded so it goes past Orange Grove... I think I may have seen a few peices of duckweed there at one point or another ; )
Okay, okay, fine. I say we do Poison Ivy - Which is probably the most important to identify in my opinion. The other ones are interesting to read about and look at, but Poison Ivy is one you have to be able to identify so you can avoid it! Ooh or Grapevine, so I have an excuse to sing obnoxiously. I'm down with any of them but the Red Buckeye.... I may be from Ohio, but I'm a die-hard Michigan fan, and I can't be associated with anything Buckeye!
So this means I should sponsor a panel for the Yellowjacket Wasp?
Whoever said money can't buy love never bought a puppy.
Poison ivy has my vote....Nathan?
It is an option right...have to look again.
I think there is duckweed on the trail....that crap is everywhere.... has a mind of its own. "Nature." as Marci calls it is everywhere....
9/11....... I remember .........
Yes Russell. That is EXACTLY what it means....
Why did you post that in yellow? It should be BOLD! Lol. And yeah, P.I. is available. Bring on the calamine!!
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