Congratulations on a successful program, Marie! You and your
committee and all of your volunteers worked very hard to offer a well-
conceived and well-managed workshop, and all of you can take pride in
this accomplishment. The GNSI is grateful for your efforts.
Our workshop programs are central to the Guild's purpose:
"... a non-profit organization of persons employed, or genuinely
interested in the field of natural science illustration, having the
desire to maintain and further the profession through increased
communication of those involved, to encourage and assist others with
the desire and capabilities to enter the profession, to promote
better understanding of the profession by the general public and
those persons requiring natural science illustration services and to
increase the respect for the profession through encouraging high
standards of competence and ethics." (from the GNSI Constitution &
ByLaws) www.gnsi.org
I encourage every GNSI member to try to attend workshops, whether at
the annual conference or the yearly GNSI Education Series programs.
Definitely send your ideas to Marie, and look for more exciting Ed
Series offerings in the future.
And, personal congratulations to you, Marie, on your new job. I'm
sure it will be both exciting and challenging, and we wish you the best.
Regards,
Gail
On Mar 31, 2009, at , J. Marie Metz wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> The GNSI Educational Series 2009, digital workshop,
> ended yesterday and those in attendance have left for home. I wish
> them a
> safe and uneventful travel back to their own beds and many happy
> digital
> dreams. I feel the four day digital workshop a success, largely
> due to
> those in attendance. We had an excellent group of 26 who packed
> the room
> asking questions and learning with enthusiasm. Such positive
> energy fuels
> instruction and motivates all!
>
> It was an honor for me to be involved with the planning and I feel
> I can
> speak in behalf of the Washington D.C. Chapter and tell you they
> feel it an
> honor to have hosted the event. Without the dedicated help of our
> members
> in the D.C. Chapter and their willingness to share their skills in the
> digital medium, helping as teaching assistants in the classroom,
> preparing
> food and set-up, planning for special museum tours, arranging for
> souvenir
> welcome bags with the logo printed on the front and so much more
> requiring a
> few days off at the day job, the workshop could not have been the
> successful
> experience it really was for everyone involved. Please join me in
> thanking
> those dedicated and loyal GNSI members here in Washington D.C. who
> pulled
> together as a team to make the workshop a possibility. We hope to
> post very
> soon pictures from the workshop on the website below.
> http://www.gnsi.org/whatwedo/educational-series/2009/2009edseries-
> about.html
>
> We will soon begin contemplating a workshop for next year and I am
> hoping
> for suggestions from our members. Please write me with your ideas!
>
> Changing the subject, I appreciate the best wishes and the high
> votes of
> confidence given to me concerning the new position with the Bureau of
> Engraving and Printing from those who have written to me on the
> list serve.
> Changing positions is a leap of faith for me and your thoughts and
> well
> wishes DO mean a great deal. In approximately 2 weeks my office
> will be
> located three blocks from where I am currently located at the
> museum in D.C.
> and I can be reached at the [log in to unmask] address, my
> government
> e-mail will be ineffective after the the 10th of this month.
> Please channel
> all e-mail to me at this time through the EdDirector account.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Marie
>
> J Marie Metz
> Scientific Illustrator
>
> United States Department of Agriculture
> Agricultural Research Service
> Plant Sciences Institute, Systematic Entomology Laboratory
>
> National Museum of Natural History
> Smithsonian Institution CE-423
> 10th and Constitution Ave. NW MRC 168
> Smithsonian Institution
> Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Phone: (202) 382-1804
> Fax: (202) 786-9422
> Systematic Entomology
> http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-75-41-00
>
> http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/research/therevid/MEsld001.html
>
> http://www.gnsi.org/whatwedo/educational-series/2009/2009edseries-
> about.html
>
> "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the
> common".
> -Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
>
> On 3/26/09 5:33 PM, "Kathleen Garness" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> You're going to do just great, Marie!!! You have so much to offer
>> them! Best of wishes in your new endeavors!
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:34 PM, J. Marie Metz wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings All,
>>>
>>> I would like to let you know that I am in the process of leaving my
>>> current
>>> position at the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
>>> Institution. I am
>>> leaving April 10th and will take a position on April 13th at the
>>> Department
>>> of the Treasury in the Bureau of Printing and Engraving as an
>>> apprentice
>>> Banknote Designer. Please wish me the best, I admit to being
>>> nervous.
>>>
>>> Marie
>>>
>>> J Marie Metz
>>> Scientific Illustrator
>>>
>>> United States Department of Agriculture
>>> Agricultural Research Service
>>> Plant Sciences Institute, Systematic Entomology Laboratory
>>>
>>> National Museum of Natural History
>>> Smithsonian Institution CE-423
>>> 10th and Constitution Ave. NW MRC 168
>>> Smithsonian Institution
>>> Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
>>>
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>> Phone: (202) 382-1804
>>> Fax: (202) 786-9422
>>> Systematic Entomology
>>> http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-75-41-00
>>>
>>> http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/research/therevid/MEsld001.html
>>>
>>> http://www.gnsi.org/whatwedo/educational-series/2009/2009edseries-
>>> about.html
>>
>>
>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
>> change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -
>> Margaret Mead
Gail Guth
President,
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
139 Lathrop Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014-5076
269-963-1311
fax: 269-969-0652
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