I would like to remind you to register for the Free People Free Markets seminar, January 13, 2009.  Please see detailed information below.

 

I would also like to invite you to another informational luncheon on January 16, 2009, hosted by The Woodford Foundation and Limited Government Forum.   The keynote speaker is Dr. Rob Roy Ramey, the conservation geneticist, whose position on the Preble's Meadow Jumping  Mouse caused quite a stir.  Please see more information below.

 

It would be great to see you there!

Sincerely,
James A. Null

Executive Director

CSGI

 

                                                      Free People Free Markets

 

   The next FPFM seminar will be held January 13, 2009 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at  the Vanguard School, 1605 S Corona Ave, Colorado Springs, 80905. Room TBD. Cost for the seminar is $25 per person. Register by sending your check made payable to "Limited Government Forum/FPFM" and mail to FPFM, c/o Limited Gov't Forum, 205 E Cheyenne Mtn Blvd, Colo Spgs, CO  80906.
   The course was developed by Paul Prentice, PhD, and has been presented in several versions, at both UCCS and for the Independence Institute, usually in a five-section format over five weeks. The course makes the moral and philosophic case for free-market capitalism. Too few of today's adults were taught the fundamentals of a free society. This course pulls together the basic principles of liberty, shows you that these fundamentals are what makes society work while honoring the individual. This is particularly valuable for business and community leaders, high school teachers, and the general public.
 

 

      Anyone who followed the Preble's meadow jumping mouse saga  -- or should I call it a fiasco? - probably has heard of Dr. Rob Roy Ramey, the conservation geneticist, formerly with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who sparked a national controversy, and challenged the scientific integrity of the most powerful environmental law in the land, by de-bunking the mouse's status as a federally protected sub-species. Little could Ramey have imagined, at the time he undertook the study, what kind of firestorm his findings would ignite, and what kind of personal and professional attacks he would endure as a result of reporting and speaking the truth. Little could we imagine, either, what kind of contortions the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would go through, in order to discredit Ramey and keep the animal from being de-listed.  
      Now you have the opportunity to meet Ramey, and to hear what he has to say on this and other topics, unfiltered by the media, at a January 16 luncheon hosted by The Woodford Foundation and Limited Government Forum. If you care about scientific integrity; if you're interested in endangered species, and in the federal law that purports to protect them; if you want to better understand the impact genetics will have on the ESA; and if you're interesting in hearing this directly, from the man behind the controversy  -- then this is an event you should not miss.
      We'll be meeting at 11:30 in Remington's II at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort. Buffet lunch is free, courtesy of The Woodford Foundation. Pass this along to those you think might be interested. But everyone should confirm their attendance in advance, since seating is limited and demand for this event will be high. I can be reached by e-mail

sean@limitedgovforum.org or phone (719-576-9055). 
We look forward to seeing you on the 16th.

 

Sean Paige

The Limited Government Forum

719.576.9055

 

Backgrounder:
Rob Roy Ramey II, Ph.D, has nearly 30 years of experience in conservation, research and management of threatened and endangered wildlife, with a special emphasis on peregrine falcons, California condors, goshawks, rainforest birds; bighorn sheep and African elephants. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; a master's degree from Yale University in Wildlife Ecology; and a bachelor's degree in Biology and Natural History from the University of California Santa Cruz. His postdoctoral work included research at the University of Colorado, Boulder and as a visiting scientist at the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species at the San Diego Zoo. He was Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and served as a consulting Science Advisor to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior in Washington, D.C.