> Jay wrote:
> >>>Jan, do you have any information for WWMD for 2004? I wonder if we can
> start advertising and planning this earlier.<<<
>
> Jan responds:
>
> Based on last year's chronology, WWMD 2004 will probably be promoted
> sometime after the closing date for data entry (in December). I would
> expect information to become available in mid- to late-spring.
>
> This year we had several members who participated (in IL, OH, LA, and MS).
> About the same as last year, though, despite earlier promotion on the
email
> list, an article in AC, and member accounts on regional webpages, etc.
>
> Why so little participation ?
>
> I think the problems were:
> people believed that they HAD to have the WQ kits; there were too many
steps
> (and too much time involved) in getting them; most members just aren't
that
> interested in Secchi discs.
>
> My plan for next year:
>
> 1. Order some kits as soon as they become available. Since the CE is an
> active partner in WWMD, there may be a way for me to do this on my own.
If
> not, I may request money from NANFA BOD for a limited number (e.g.,
10-12).
>
>
> 2. Supplement the kits with organismal goodies - including ID guides for
> water quality sensitive invertebrates, etc. - whatever I can get my hands
> on.
>
> 3. Write another AC article about what happened in 2003, about the kits,
> and about what could happen in 2004. Get the article published in the
> summer issue just before WWMD registration. Offer the kits gratis to
> members that will promise to use them to best advantage.
>
> 4. Email list reminders, links, etc.
>
> 5. Hope for a more enthusiastic response.
>
> Frankly, I was pretty disappointed by the apparent lack of interest in a
> group of people who should have vested interests in the waters around
them.
> If a more biological (and generous) approach like this fails to generate
> greater participation, then nothing probably will.
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