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A collaborative project for members of NSCSS

What the heck is a wiki?

A wiki is an easy-to-use Web site that makes it profoundly easy to collaborate on projects. This wiki has been made public to allow anyone to read it, while still restricting editing to those who know the wiki's password. Edits are done in plain text and don't require learning fancy or complex codes like HTML. Just click Edit page and start typing! It's also easy to create new pages and make links to pages you've already made.

Where do I start?

Passwords, available to NSCSS members, will be emailed on a regular interval. Regular users are encouraged to create a permanent “PBwiki Identity” by visiting http://my.pbwiki.com. These users won't be affected by periodic password changes.

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A great place to contribute content is about yourself at MemberBiographies.

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Name	Pierre Bordenave
NSCSS Member	Since 1990
Degrees	B.S. University of Idaho 1981
Registrations	RPSS
Certifications	CPSSc, CPESC
Consulting Practice	Since 1983
Own Business	Since 1983
Business	InterMountain Resources
Location	Sandpoint, ID

Background: "I worked for an environmental consultant for a year after I got my degree and was making nothing doing so. I figured if I am going to not make any money, I might as well work for myself and not make money. Although that is exaclty what happened for a few years, going into business for myself, at a time when I really thought that nobody went into business as a Soils Consultant, was the best thing I ever could have done. Then I found the NSCSS, or it found me, and having a cadre of fellow professionals to share with, learn from, and now do my part in helping others be successful is the number one influence in the present success of my business."

Interests: Hmmmmmm. As a Soils Consultant of course I have tremendous interest in our profession and the incredible level of connection that this business we are in has to just about every activity that affects the environment. So of course the interest of being in the profession of the true "ecologists," those who recognize the interconnectivity of the natural environment is always there.

My interests other than that? Old Wood boats, a great bottle of Pinot Noir, Tango, and the absurdity of my thinking that I can get a golf ball off a tee 474 yards to a little hole in the ground with a flag sticking out of it by whacking it 4 times with a stick.....and even more absurd that occasionally I do.

Specialties: Business Specialty? See my website. What I like the most is being a negotiator.

Being a Pirate (like my great uncles times 8 Jean and Pierre Lafitte) is my "off duty" specialty. Pirates were notoriously good negotiators.....