Dear Land Managers with Responsibility for Invasive plants,
The Board of Director of the Western Society of Weed Science is gathering information regarding Federal, State and County agency attendance and participation with the Western Society of Weed Science. The objective is to better-understand reasons why agency personnel do not attend the annual meeting as frequently as in the past. The Goal is to improve the meeting experience for agency personnel and to increase attendance.
We would greatly appreciate your responses to the questions below by November 15. Please email your responses to Erik Lehnhoff (Board of Directors Member at Large – Public) at lehnhoff@nmsu.edu, with WSWS Involvement Survey in the subject line.
Please answer the following questions regarding involvement with the Western Society of Weed Science.
- How often do you attend WSWS meetings?
- Never
- Very rarely
- About half of the time
- Almost every year
- If you do not attend WSWS, do you attend a different meeting? If so, which one?
- Do you see benefit to attending any professional society meeting, and if so, what are the benefits?
- How would you describe your agency’s view of the importance of attending and being involved in a professional society?
- Not important
- Neither important or unimportant
- Important
- Which of the following would you find useful to your professional activities? Circle any that apply.
- Attending a talk on new research.
- Attending a talk on a case study that describes how a particular weed problem was addressed.
- Attending a workshop on methods of control.
- Attending a workshop on biology of specific invasive plant species.
- What are barriers to attending WSWS?
- Do you think regional interaction with others involved in weed management practice and research is important? Describe why or why not.
- How might the Western Society for Weed Science increase relevance for you?
- Do you have any other feedback about the WSWS annual meeting from your perspective as a Federal, State, or County agency member of WSWS?
