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Howdy all,
I've gotten material from Corvallis, too. My
credentials were that I asked politely for it via e-mail. I am, frankly,
stunned that a country which prides itself on its egalitarianism...and
politeness, would shift to such an interpretation.
This issue seems directly connected with the North
AmericanFEX mission; how does the organization take a formal position and
make our concerns known to the Canadian government?
Signed...a government bureaucrat who tries his
hardest to provide service to all the taxpayers...who pay his
salary.
Steve H. Lone Rock, WI USDA zone
3-4
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:17
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Availability of
grafting wood from governmentrepositories
I'm down here in the US, and I just requested some
strawberry germplasm from Corvallis, and I didn't need any particular
credentials. Actually, first I corrected some errors they had in their
catalog, since they had the ploidy wrong for a few accessions. This may
have impressed them, I don't know. They thanked me for my corrections.
Also, I made sure that these strawberries were available nowhere else.
(At least, nowhere googleable.) I do have plans for a very specific
breeding program, which I outlined. I'll let y'all know if anything
comes of it.
Of course, different countries have different
policies, so this doesn't necessarily have anything to do with
Canada.
Melissa
--- On Wed, 3/31/10,
david.maxwell@dal.ca <david.maxwell@dal.ca> wrote:
From: david.maxwell@dal.ca
<david.maxwell@dal.ca>
Subject: [NAFEX] Availability of
grafting wood from government repositories
To:
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:55
PM
I have recently encountered an issue with the
provision of grafting wood from the Canadian Germplasm
Repository. They have determined that I am neither a "bona fide
researcher nor a breeder", and hence am not entitled to obtain
grafting wood from the Repository (the equivalent of the National
Plant Germplasm System in the States). Obviously this
determination applies to virtually all the Canadian NAFEX members,
(other than the staff of the dwindling number of govt research
stations and multinational agribusiness employees.) I have
registered my objection to this interpretation, which represents a
substantial change from the practice to date. But to bolster my
argument I need information from other jurisdictions. Am I
correct in my belief that ordinary citizens of the US can request
material from the various repositories maintained by the NPGS?
And that my cousins in the UK can get wood from Brogdale or Long
Ashton? And so on for Holland, France, India, etc.? Note that
the issue here has nothing to do with disease transmission,
quarantine, prohibition of importation of specfic material into
specific states, etc. Rather it hinges specifically on the
perceived mandate of the Repository, which is restricted to "bona fide
researchers". And amateur growers are not, in their eyes.
(I note that the NPGS also state that "Germplasm is available in small
quantities for research purposes" ; obviously if my belief that
people outside academic centres and government labs can nevertheless
access materials in the States is correct, the crux of the issue
hinges on the definition of a "researcher". (I think NAFEX members,
and all the train of amateur fruit growers who preceded us have done
far more legitimate real world research than all the white coated lab
types.)
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