Ecolog:
I'm confused again (I hope this isn't permanent).
Wonder what the relationship is between TLC of McHenry County (a non-profit)
and Glacier Oaks Nursery.
I wonder what is "unique" about the "successful community based oak
regeneration project in northern Illinois.
I used "air-pruning" containers, for example, in the 1970's and it never
occurred to me to trademark the "program." Even though I originated various
"programs" and techniques, I never tried to patent or otherwise protect my
intellectual property other than through publication (which is subject to
fair-use provisions of the law, so the transmittal of the information is not
barred for personal use, only commercial use). I did find that government
agencies and private companies did use my methods and even reprint my
copyrighted material for profit, and to my detriment so I am not
unsympathetic to the need to provide protection against misrepresentation,
but I never tried to sue for such. The biggest problem was not so much that
they made money with my intellectual property, but that they besmirched my
reputation in the process by implying or stating that I was involved in
their projects--to the point that a government agency threatened me because
of a project with which I was never involved. Gossip went around that "the
Tyson Method" (I never referred to it as such) was "no good" because when
they tried it, it didn't work (they made serious errors).
I believe in the free sharing of the results of scientific and applied
research. A. H. Maslow once said that, (I'm paraphrasing) while he worried
in his youth that someone would steal his ideas, he finally stopped worrying
since those who are so incompetent that they have to steal the ideas of
others screw things up so badly that resemblance to his original idea was
barely recognizable. That didn't help me salvage the parts of my reputation
that was so tarnished for the very reason that the plagiarizing
"interpreters" covered their own posteriors by pointing at the "Tyson
Method" when anything went wrong, thus saving their own reputation by
damaging mine. What amazes me is how gullible people and institutions are
with respect to gossip, especially in that it never occurs to them to
contact the originator; it's easier to believe and conduct a kangaroo
court--if they conduct any enquiry at all.
Have others had similar experiences?
PS: An ex-associate once told me that his major professor once rejected a
paper he had submitted explaining his research results which reached some
hitherto unpublished conclusions; he later read his own work, published
under his professor's name, in a respected journal. He got his Ph.D. but he
kept quiet about the theft. In this case, the professor was able to
understand the material well enough that he didn't screw it up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Teresa McClelland" <mtr...@owc.net>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] growing oaks from acorns
To Dr. David Anderson and all,
Please see trademarked program of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County,
³Project Quercus² and ³Third Generation Oak Fund² at
<http://www.conservemc.org/what-we-do/oak-conservation-project-quercus.html>
--a unique and successful community based oak regeneration project in
northern Illinois.
I am propagator for Glacier Oaks Nursery, actively involved in preserving,
propagating and planting oaks for more than 25 years. We collect locally,
propagate and grow in air-pruning containers and plant out successfully
small oak seedlings for this program.
There are multiple methods used in the trade today to overcome many of the
oak growing and transplanting difficulties, some have been addressed in the
answers to your original post.
Please feel free to give me a call or send an email to my address below if
you have any further questions after looking at the above-mentioned website.
By the way, I¹m from the west too (Montana, Glacier National Park)!
Sincerely,
Mary Tree McClelland
Horticulturist & Propagator
B.S. Biology, M.S. Horticulture
Glacier Oaks Nursery
8216 White Oaks Rd
Harvard IL, 60033
Phone (815) 482-7404 Fax (815)-943-3511
Email gonati...@owc.net or mtr...@owc.net
http://www.glacieroaksnursery.com/ (not very up to date here, been busy
propagating instead!)
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