We hoped that was the year we would pass that 1,500-member mark. Today everything has changed. Membership is still growing quickly, chapters spring up and project scope is expanded. The energy level can only be described as exuberant.
Volunteers appear daily to expand our horizons.
The mission has grown so varied I can barely conceive its scope. Genetic markers, West Salem studies, seed orchards, new lines of resistance, genetic transformations, large survivor documentation, biomass, carbon sinks, backcross testing and retesting. The list is endless. The opportunities are boundless. As I approach my last six months as president, let me put a few thoughts about strategic vision to the membership.