A message to all members of the American Fern Society

摘要

The Council of the American Fern Society met in June 2015 to discuss several issues regarding membership, publications, outreach, website and the challenges to keep a robust and dynamic society. It was decided that the Society should begin moving its newsletter and journal production to electronic versions, so that we would have to print and mail fewer copies on paper. In 2016, we decided to start implementing these changes, starting with changing our membership classes and dues structure. Both, our website (https://www.amerfernsoc.org/) and the renewal form distributed in December 2016, included two new categories of membership: