BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF
THE BRITISH ISLES
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND
THE SCOTTISH ANNUAL
MEETING
SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
2008
ROYAL
BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH
Draft Programme and
Booking Form
Never been to a Scottish Annual Meeting? Come along, all members are cordially invited. An interesting
blend of exhibits and talks are planned to generate a lively discussion. Our main speakers this year will be the
authors of The Flora of Rum. Summerfield Books will have a stand: Paul and Chris O' Hara will be
pleased to answer enquiries and take orders in advance; tel. no. 01786 484909 http://www.summerfieldbooks.com.
The RBGE staff canteen will be open at lunchtime and the evening meal will be held in the Conference Room/ Exhibition
area. Coffees and teas will be on sale during the day, thanks to the assistance of BSS volunteers. The start time has
been made a little later to allow extra travelling and setting up time. Registration and setting up exhibits will run from
09.00 until 10.15 followed by the first session in the Lecture Theatre.
We would be grateful if everyone can return their booking form by 1st October to ease the organisation of the meeting.
This will also allow the organisers to send a finalised programme, a list of delegates and tickets for the evening meal in
good time for the meeting. If possible, please make your booking to Jane Jones by e-mail, and send your cheques for the
evening
meal in the post. Please come along
to all of the meeting.
Draft Programme (subject to change)
09:00 Arrival, Registration, and Setting up Exhibits
10:15 Welcome: Mary Gibby, Head of Science, RBGE
10:20 Introduction: Chris Miles, Chair, BSBI Scottish Committee
10:25 BSBI Report, Michael Braithwaite, President, BSBI
10.35 BSS Report, Chris Jeffree, President, BSS
10:45 Plantlife Report, Deborah Long
11:00 Morning Coffee
11:30 BSBI: Future Projects, Kevin Walker, BSBI Plant Unit
11:45 Scottish Officer Annual Report, Jim McIntosh
12:00 BSBI Scottish Regional AGM (All Welcome)
12:30 Lunch. RBGE self-service restaurant will be open until 13.30
14:30 Brian & Barbara Ballinger Vegetative Identification of
Pyrola
Lynne Farrell Progress on the Tetrad Flora
of Mull
15:15 Questions and Issues Members
Forum
15:45 Exhibitions & Scottish Committee Meeting in Boardroom
Please take the opportunity to view the exhibits before
they are dismantled and the space
is prepared for the
evening meal.
16:00 Afternoon Tea
16:30 Dismantling of Exhibits
17:00 David Pearman, Chris Preston & Gordon Rothero
The
Flora of Rum
18:00 Close and thanks, Chris Miles
18:30 Dinner
Booking Form
Would everyone wishing to attend, irrespective of bookings for the evening meal, please return this form
by 1st October so that a finalised programme, delegate list and tickets can be sent out in good time for the Scottish Annual Meeting.
ATTENDANCES: I shall be attending the 2008 Scottish Annual Meeting and there will be..........................in my party.
PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS:
Name 1*..................................................................................................
Name 2*..................................................................................................
Address Line 1:.......................................................................................
Address Line 2:.......................................................................................
Town:......................................................................................................
Postcode:.................................................................................................
* as you’d like it to appear on name label.
E-mail address as written:.......................................................................
Phone:….................................................................................................
TRANSPORT: To permit the sharing of transport and by way of introduction, a delegate list will be sent with brief contact
details: the name of your town, e-mail address and phone number.
If you prefer that these details are not published please tick here:…….
SUPPER: I enclose a cheque for................for.........places at the evening meal at 18:30 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,
Inverleith Row @ £22 per person on Saturday 1st November 2008.
Please make cheques payable to BSBI Scotland , there is no need to include a Stamped Addressed Envelope, tickets will be sent by return.
SLIDESHOW: Due to poor responses in recent years for slides and images and the difficulty and lateness in making arrangements
after the evening meal at the meeting venue there will be no show after the evening meal. Instead, a laptop and screen will be set
up in the exhibition area for members during the day who wish to bring digital images to the meeting. These images will be treated
as exhibits, and notes on the images may be submitted like abstracts.
COMPLETED BOOKINGS:
Please complete and return your booking by 1st October, with
your cheque made payable to BSBI Scotland
to: Mrs. Jane Jones,
BSBI Admin. Assistant, Cuilvona
Cottage, Aberfoyle, Stirling, FK8 3TQ. Or e-mail Jane at janebsbi@live.co.uk.
EXHIBITORS ONLY:
Full title of exhibit 1..............................................................................
................................................................................................................
Full title of exhibit 2..............................................................................
................................................................................................................
I will need...............bench space and .................vertical space/I will be providing................digital images.
Please e-mail (or post) abstracts of no more than 200 words to Jane Squirrell at j.squirrell@rbge.ac.uk RBGE, 20A Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh EH3 5LR
Please send abstracts by 24th October: received abstracts will be be provided as hand-outs and displayed at each exhibit.
Abstracts or brief articles with digital images and graphics may also be e-mailed to Jane Squirrell, for inclusion on the
BSBI Scottish Webpages. All abstracts must be submitted by 30th November for the BSBI Scottish Scottish Newsletter.