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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">What *is* MAIPC up to???</div>
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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Quite a lot actually, however, as most people interacted with us through our bigger meetings and workshops and through the listserve here, it's understandable that people might wonder what we're up to. Since COVID, we moved some
workshops online, but we haven't had any big in-person events. We're building up some leadership and capacity for that and hoping to have some concrete plans soon, probably for an event in the spring. Stay tuned!</div>
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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">As far as the listserve, that relies on people using it really, and in the ever more dynamic digital landscape, the listserve admittedly isn't getting as much traffic. Of course, we're undoubtedly all more interconnected than
ever, but not necessarily through the MAIPC listserve to the degree we once were. That's arguably not really a bad thing. I'm just glad we're all connecting out there, by whatever means. (And I want us to be able to meet up in-person as well, as noted above).</div>
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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">The board members have all been very busy native bees, as are we all, as the excellent do-gooders they all are. The welcome uptick of activity in our region at the state and prism-level has had the effect of giving many of the
board members more work than what we were used to doing at the MAIPC level, usually without extra people to do it. That helps to explain why there have been fewer big MAIPC umbrella activities at the same time as there have been many many more activities around
invasives in the region in general. Which, again, I'm glad all that work is happening! </div>
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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">In the spirit of staying connected and doing more good things, everyone with interest and capacity is welcome and encouraged to bring us your ideas, energy, and support!</div>
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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Be well, do good work, and stay in touch.</div>
<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12pt">Peace, love, and pancakes.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Norris (current MAIPC president)</div>
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<p style="background-color:white; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:#928554"><i>Norris Z. Muth,
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<p style="background-color:white; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:#0b2453">he/him</span></p>
<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><span style="color:#0b2453">Professor of Biology, Juniata College</span></div>
<div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><span style="color:#0b2453; background-color:white; font-weight:inherit"><a id="OWA8794dfd6-1bf8-0f50-16b7-2c402a478181" class="OWAAutoLink" href="http://muthlab.org/" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">muthlab.org</a></span></div>
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<div dir="auto" style="border:none; padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2024 7:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Ruth Douglas'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'MAIPC Board'; 'MAIPC Listserve'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Maipc-brd] [APWG] [External Email]FW: Seeking answer to Bipolaris microstegii question<br>
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<span style="color:#9C6500; font-weight:bold">CAUTION:</span> External Email</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ruth Douglas <cvilleruth@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2024 7:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [APWG] [External Email]FW: Seeking answer to Bipolaris microstegii question</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey, Marc. I haven’t heard from you or anyone else at MAIPC in ages, until out of the blue I got this email from you. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m happy to hear from you and glad to know something about what’s going on with the invasive plant community. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you know what’s going on with MAIPC?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m currently in Australia on a holiday trip, returning 8/7. I’m still active with the Blue Ridge PRISM. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope all is well with you. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know what’s going on or just send me a link to MAIPC. </p>
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