Conserving upland plants which were presented by Zoom at the 2021 online meeting. An important part of the meeting will be the exhibition of posters prepared by members and we are encouraging as many people as possible to contribute. Online payment via the Wales AGM webpage is preferred. A booking form has also been included in the January BSBI News. Accommodation is limited so please book as soon as possible and by 15th May 2022 at the latest. Organiser: John Palmer, jpp@totalise.co.uk.
BSBI Wales AGM 2021 minutes Remote electronic meeting on Saturday 3rd July 2021 at 9.30am Minutes of the 59th AGM of the BSBI in Wales 18 people were in attendance of whom 5 were not resident in Wales. All were BSBI members. 1. Welcome: The Chairman, Stephanie Tyler welcomed everyone to this electronic meeting. 2. Apologies for Absence: Lynne Farrell, Steve Chambers, Gail Quartley-Bishop, Jo Clarke and Julian Woodman. 3. Minutes of 2020 AGM: The minutes of the 58th Annual General Meeting held by email which were printed in Welsh Bulletin No.107, were agreed by all present and signed by the Chairman as a true record of the proceedings. 4. There were no Matters Arising. 5. Chairman's report: Steph Tyler gave the following report:Croeso/Welcome to all BSBI members in Wales and from across the border. A particularly warm welcome to Julia Hanmer, the BSBI’s new Chief Executive. She has been in post for three months now and will give a brief introduction about herself and her work after the AGM at 10.30. This will be a brief report as thanks to Covid, activities were restricted with few if any field meetings. However, members in Wales managed to record many new tetrad, hectad and county records at first within a few kilometres of home and then later when restrictions eased further afield. Many of the highlights have been or will be published in the Welsh Bulletin or in the Wales section of Country Round-ups in BSBI News. The annual New Year Plant Hunt was very well BSBI Welsh Bulletin No. 109 March 2022
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