WHO JOINS THE CLUB? 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Rosemary Curley, Waterside, P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We have over 200 members now, and as of June 15th the total was 230, 
     
     including 23 family and three institutional members. Our mailing list shows 
     
     203 P.E.I. and 27 out-of-province naturalists from B.C. to Newfoundland, as well 
     
     as a gentleman in Pennsylvania. Below are county breakdowns for P.E.I. and 
     
     provincial totals. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     P.E.I. British Columbia 3 Quebec 2 
     
     Prince County 12 Alberta 4 New Brunswick 2 
     
     Queens County 168 Saskatchewan 1 Nova Scotia 4 
     
     Kings County _g§_ Manitoba 0 Newfoundland 3 
     
    

    
     Total 203 Ontario 7 
     
    
   
   
    
     We've yet to strike a blow for nature in Manitoba, but ex-NHS vice-president 
     
     Anne Landry was at last word attempting to triple the membership in Saskatchewan. 
     
     (Keep up the good work, Anne!) 
     
    

    
     No doubt a major part in our rapid membership growth can be attributed to 
     
     active recruiting by instructors Catherine Clough and Geoff Hogan during their 
     
     respective mycology and ornithology courses at U.P.E.I. Another factor which 
     
     has been important in both attracting and retaining memberships is our news- 
     
     letter, a tribute to the editor. This is especially true with out-of—province 
     
     members, where the newsletter is usually the only benefit of membership. Those 
     
     Islanders transplanted to Newaundland, Alberta or points between, read the news— 
     
     letter to keep in touch with P.E.I.; ex-newsletter editor Kathy Martin is said 
     
     to ignore content in a conditioned search for errors of fact, layout, spelling 
     
     and typing. 
     
    

    
     Here on P.E.I., membership is still centrally based, although we have 
     
     members from Souris to Alberton. We've talked about setting up Society Chapters 
     
     in other centers as our membership grows, but we'el have to raise our profile in 
     
     Kings and Prince Counties to do this. Certainly any provincial organization 
     
     needs support from across the province, and it is disappointing that only one 
     
     member hails from Summerside, our second largest population center. (Recruit 
     
     an "up-wester" or a "down-eatere“ today!) . 
     
    

    
     On a happier note, a healthy human population has an even sex ratio, and 
     
     we are close to the mark with 96 men, 131 women and 3 institutions for those who 
     
     don't care. This survey did not examine age of the membership, but we've assumed 
     
     all our members are at one age or another. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Thanks to all who contributed sightings to this issue of the newsletter: Stu 
     
     Alexander (SA), John Alway (JA), Jackie Beaton (JB), Ninnie Cairns (HEC), 
     
     Thelma Clark (TC), Jerry Compton (JCo), Jim Crowe (JCr), Rosemary Curley (FRC), 
     
     Andy Dean (AD), Lilia Dean (LD), Barbara Fisher (BF), Geoff Hogan (GGH), Ann 
     
     Charlotte Kelly (ACK), Steven MacFarlane (SM), Bruce MacLaren (RBM), Dorothy 
     
     MacLeod (DM), Joyce MacLeod (JM), Dan McAskill (JDM), Arlene McGuigan (AM), 
     
     Paul McGuigan (PM), Sue Stephenson (SS), Jane Symmes (JS), Carol Townsend (CT), 
     
     Harold Trainer (HT), Pat Wooton (Pw), John Wright (Jw). 
     
    

    
     Special thanks to those who contributed articles to this issue: Dan McAskill, 
     
     Vicki Friesen, Rosemary Curley and Bruce MacLaren. Writing articles takes time 
     
     and effort, and these contributions are particularly appreciated, for it is the 
     
     articles which form the backbone of each issue of the newsletter. Finally, a 
     
     thank-you to Vicki Friesen for the typing. 
     
    
   
   
    
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