[seek-taxon] SEEK Taxon Meeting Engraved Invitation

[Beach, James H]

We understand completely, Stinger.  We'll pipe you in via phone to Estes
Parka and look forward to October.

Jim


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James H. Beach
Biodiversity Research Center
University of Kansas
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335





-----Original Message-----
From: Guala, Gerald - Baton Rouge, LA [mailto:gerald.guala at la.usda.gov] 
Sent: 11 April, 2005 4:20 PM
To: Beach, James H
Cc: peet at unc.edu; Pamela M. Griego
Subject: RE: SEEK Taxon Meeting Engraved Invitation

Jim, 

I hate to back out at this late date but as we discussed on the phone I
will not be able to attend the Estes Park SEEK Meeting. I will be
available both days for teleconference though and I will be able to
attend the October all hands meeting. We have several initiatives here
at PLANTS (names redesign and the plant ID tool in particular) that
really depend on the kind of thing that SEEK is fundamentally about. As
you know, in a very general way, I think that the biggest bottlenecks
and opportunities for truly transformative products from SEEK right now
are not at the user but one or even two steps away and I'll be happy to
elaborate on that perspective. I want to participate and I'll be happy
to put some work into it. Let me know what you need.

Cheers,
Stinger 

 
Gerald F. Guala, Ph.D.
USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center
P.O. Box 74490
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70874-4490 USA
Tel: 225.775.6280
Fax: 225.775.8883
http://npdc.usda.gov
http://plants.usda.gov