CPN 10(4) December 1981

In 1972, Don Schnell (a pathologist) and Joe Mazrimas (a biochemist) worked together to release Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, volume 1, issue 1. They were soon joined by Leo Song (the manager of the California State University, Fullerton Biological Sciences greenhouse) and for a short time by Larry Mellichamp (a botanist). This eclectic and passionate group molded Carnivorous Plant Newsletter into a high quality, information rich journal.

Today the Newsletter is produced by an international team. The coeditors are Barry Rice and Jan Schlauer. Steve Baker performs the page layout for the hardcopy. ICPS members provide the bulk of the articles.

The entire staff is dedicated and works on a volunteer basis. As a result, subscription rates are very low. Usually, special interest societies form and subsequently produce newsletters or journals. But Carnivorous Plant Newsletter has an unusual history and does not fit this mold. The parental organization, the International Carnivorous Plant Society, did not come into being until 1980, the ninth year of the Newsletter's publication. The Society became a non-profit corporation in 2002.