Dear Friends of the All Species Foundation,

Welcome to our Spring 2002 Report. You are receiving this because you requested to be kept up to date relative to the All Species Foundation and our efforts. We value your support.

In summary, it's been an intense first quarter! Starting with my arrival on January 1st as CEO, the pace has been non-stop in order to keep up with the interest that ALL has generated.

From the Science perspective, an essential first-step has been taken getting the Science Board developed, engaged, and actively involved in helping to steer a course for ALL. We are in the midst of the development of a true strategic vision for HOW we are going to build the organization and help make inventory and discovery happen. We are in the early stages of discussions with key international foundations and partners to help with the "building capacity" component of inventory efforts which will happen in areas of major biodiversity. These partnerships will give us a direct action plan to begin to grid the Earth's biodiversity.

In addition, our All Species Search Engine is creating a stir and that lets me know we are on track. It currently has more than 1 million entries!

From the Fundraising/Development perspective, we are in the initial funding stages with various philanthropists, foundations, and corporate sponsors, who have expressed interest in advancing the concept of ALL Species. If you are inclined to help advance our organization we would welcome your help. If you personally know of an individual or organization who might be interested to contribute to ALL, feel free to download our Letter of Intent and other organization background materials and circulate on our behalf. Or you can send your funding suggestion to funding@all-species.org.

We've got new people involved with the organization at all levels and they are bringing terrific resources and energy to our tasks. Public Relations and Outreach is storming along with significant buzz being created by ALL.

We do hope you found this Quarterly Report of interest. We would appreciate your candid feedback: simply click here to comment.

Ryan