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Key items of interest for IPS members are included in the Quarterly Supplement of the Palms Journal. To view the full supplement in a pdf format, click here.

Elections for IPS Directors 2008 – 2012 Term Ballot Enclosed

The tear-out Election Ballot was included in the December 2007 Supplement to Palms.

Click here to read the candidates’ bios. 

The deadline for returning ballots (March 15, 2008) has now passed. Election results will be published in the June 2008 Supplement to Palms. 

Directors for the 2008 – 2012 term were installed at the Board of Directors Meeting in May 2008 at the Costa Rica Biennial.   Questions concerning the nominating and/or election process may be sent to any of the following. E-mail messages are preferred:

Faith Bishock
Co-Chair of the Nominating Committee
4631 Hidden River Road
Sarasota, Florida 34240
USA

John DeMott
Co-Chair of the Nominating Committee
Redland Nursery 18455 S.W.
264 St. Homestead, Florida 33031,
USA

Larry Noblick
Administrative Secretary Montgomery Botanical Center
11901 Old Cutler Rd.
Miami, Florida 33156-4242,
USA

The IPS Nominating Committee for this election is comprised of Faith Bishock, John DeMott, Libby Besse, Jeanne Price, Sue Rowlands and Horace Hobbs.

2008 IPS Biennial Meeting, Costa Rica  
The 2008 Biennial Meeting of the International Palm Society was held in Costa Rica on May 3 – 10, 2008. The Biennial kicked off in San José and then move into other areas of the country, visiting a number of palms in habitat. IPS Biennial Committee Chair Leland Lai is coordinating the event for the IPS. 

An IPS-sponsored Post Biennial Tour to Peru followed immediately after the conclusion of the 2008 Biennial.

2008 IPS Endowment Fund Applications  

Applications deadline for the 2008 IPS Endowment Fund grant has closed. Grants were awarded in May 2008 at the IPS Biennial Board meeting. 
 
If there are questions on the above, please contact Jim Cain via mobile telephone at +1 (832) 215-5551 or at the given  e-mail addresses. 

The IPS grants about US$20,000 in a given year if suitable applications are received. Typically individual awards are between $1,000 and $5,000, although larger grants are sometimes awarded. Applications must be accompanied by a statement on the acceptability of “partial funding”. Without such a clear statement, the IPS may be forced to deny an application if the entire requested amount cannot be awarded.

For updates about the activites of different affiliates or chapters, click here.

 

 

 
Missed the 2008 Biennial? Start planning now for the 2010 Biennial in Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Interim IPS Board Meetings

2009 - Belize
2011 - Tenerife, Canary Islands
Ti-Palms - the Palm Society of the French Antilles and Guyanne has been approved as an IPS Affiliate