Valentine's Day is here and if love isn't in the air, then there might at least be some reconciliation. The situation with the IPMB Conference has developed. The ASPB has put out another blog post."After the events of last week surrounding the 2022 IPMB Congress, and more specifically the treatment of those who spoke up, ASPB offered specific ideas and proposals to IPMB leadership that might have allowed us to continue to provide logistics support for the conference. But these proposals were not accepted by the IPMB representatives with whom we were communicating."As a result, the ASPB have withdrawn their support for the 2022 IPMB Congress.That's a big step. I would guess they've already sunk quite a bit of effort into the event. They could have tried for more compromise or a declaration that in the future, they'd insist on certain policies. Cutting support does signal that the ASPB is more serious about change now than at some point in a hypothetical future. While the ASPB may have departed, we can now see if the IPMB deliver substantial change.I've been warned that my internet will be down temporarily tomorrow. I'm assuming it's just for the day. I don't have an email with you at the same time next week then you'll know I got that badly wrong. Until then, take care,Alun (webmaster@botany.one)
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Valentine's Day is here and if love isn't in the air, then there might at least be some reconciliation. The situation with the IPMB Conference has developed. The ASPB has put out another blog post."After the events of last week surrounding the 2022 IPMB Congress, and more specifically the treatment of those who spoke up, ASPB offered specific ideas and proposals to IPMB leadership that might have allowed us to continue to provide logistics support for the conference. But these proposals were not accepted by the IPMB representatives with whom we were communicating."As a result, the ASPB have withdrawn their support for the 2022 IPMB Congress.That's a big step. I would guess they've already sunk quite a bit of effort into the event. They could have tried for more compromise or a declaration that in the future, they'd insist on certain policies. Cutting support does signal that the ASPB is more serious about change now than at some point in a hypothetical future. While the ASPB may have departed, we can now see if the IPMB deliver substantial change.I've been warned that my internet will be down temporarily tomorrow. I'm assuming it's just for the day. I don't have an email with you at the same time next week then you'll know I got that badly wrong. Until then, take care,Alun (webmaster@botany.one)