[slightly edited after receiving more information from Beth Young--see her comment below]
On June 12, 2008 I met Beth Maynor Young at her home office and we discussed this project. She suggested we make a proposal to the board of the non-profit Watershed Identity Foundation, which supports environmental efforts such as ours. Its Board of Directors consists of Bob Tate, Pat Byington, and James Lowery of Birmingham, and Katie Smith Jackson of Auburn. They can act as the fiscal sponsor, in which case 100% of funds raised go to the project. The WIF is similarly helping the longleaf pine book Beth and Rhett Johnson are doing. It does not provide funding. Rather, it holds and distributes funds raised elsewhere on an as-needed (as-invoiced) basis. We will need to raise our own funds. If photographers and authors are not reasonably compensated for their contributions to this project, it will likely not succeed.
In the comment below, Beth offers to call a meeting of WIF, and further suggests that we make a one-page proposal, with a list of the communities we will cover. We should probably provide information on the old (1978) Natural Environments of Georgia book by Wharton, and the fact that it is currently being revised. There is a pdf of an article by a couple of the revised version's authors here.
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Mark, This blog is a great idea. I need to make one small correction. The Watershed Identity Foundation has no membership. The board of directors are Bob Tate, James Lowery, Pat Byington and Katie Smith Jackson in Auburn. It is a non profit that is under the radar and exists to support environmental efforts and organizations. They would adopt a project such at this, in which case you would be the manager and WIF would act as a fiscal sponsor for the project. So, we would raise money for this particular project and 100% of the funds raised for this project go directly to the project, no bricks and mortar overhead.
This project is probably not too far from being completed, it is a matter of organizing and rounding things up. If you make a one page proposal to show to the board of WIF with a list of communities you would like to include. Perhaps there is a similar book from another state.
I can call a meeting anytime that works for you.
Beth
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