Florida Monthly CISMA Call March 22, 2017 1:30 PM EST: Mexican Bromeliad Weevil, ARSA

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Monthly Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) Online Meetings hosted by Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP) Participation is voluntary, we promise it will only last 1 hour, and we can guarantee that you will enjoy the conversations Wednesday, March 22nd at 1:30 pm EST– News you can use: Mexican Bromilad Weevil - Howard Frank CISMA Update: Apalachicola Regional Stewardship Alliance CISMA update - Brian Pelc  Shout Outs: FLEPPC CISMA Session topics, NISAW, First FISP meeting of 2017, upcoming and recent FISP/CISMA events. Firstly I want to thank everyone for participating in the second CISMA call of the year. We had 19 participants from at least 5 CISMAs/FISP. I especially want to thank Cheryl Millett for presenting on the Central Florida Lygodium Strategy. The North Central Florida CISMA update was a wonderful group discussion on how to best increase it's activity. Many thanks to everyone that keeps these calls going. With the new platform we will maintain our improved call agenda of: Longer Technical Presentations! One CISMA Update per call Shout outs for upcoming or recently completed events We will continue: using a new PowerPoint theme to match our fabulous new logo (thanks again Sarah Jean Swain!). recording all things audio and visual for posterity to be posted on the FISP Youtube page for all to enjoy.  hosting the calls on Adobe Connect.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday. I am sure everyone worked hard all week and is looking forward to the third CISMA call of 2017. I want to thank everyone again for participating in the monthly Florida CISMA calls and making them a success. I couldn't do it without you. The technical presenter for this month is Howard Frank. Dr. Frank will be presenting on the Mexican Bromeliad Weevil. He also has some wonderful insight on how research at UF/IFAS is conducted. Brian Pelc will be giving the CISMA update on the Apalachicola Regional Stewardship Alliance CISMA.   I want to thank everyone that has entered their quarterly CISMA events into the new Google form! The January-March quarter is ending. If you want events included in the FISP Outreach Quarterly eNewsletter they must be added to the Google form. The new Google form is now located on the Success Stories page of the FISP website along with the live Google sheet the form populates. These have been posted for your convenience. You can report at any time of the quarter and check to see what has been reported to avoid double postings. I also want to remind everyone that the CISMA calendars are there for you to advertise CISMA events. Enjoy your weekend and I hope to see you on next week's call! CISMA Monthly Calls: If you would like to see any past calls, please check them out on the FISP website here.  CISMA Listserv: Here is the link to the CISMA listerv if you want to join. FISP List: Here is the link to the FISP List if you want to join.   To join the meeting: https://ufifas.adobeconnect.com/fisp/ Conference Number(s): TNC: 1-866-385-9623 Conference Code: 751 091 0623 Audio Conference Details:  ----------------  If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before: Test your connection: https://ufifas.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html Adobe, the Adobe logo and Adobe Connect are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.