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/**** PRE-REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS NEXT WEEK ****/
*Announcement and Call for Abstracts*
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Spring Meeting
Southeastern Estuarine Research Society
*30 March - 1 April 2006*
Ponte Vedra Beach / St. Augustine, FL
/Pre-registration and abstracts due 15 February 2006!/
/REGISTER NOW TO AVOID LATE FEES !!!/
The Spring 2006 Meeting of the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society
(SEERS) will be held at Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR Environmental
Education Center in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Thursday, March 30th
through Saturday, April 1st.
We will have registration and a social Thursday evening (6:00-9:00 p.m.)
at the hotel. Contributed oral presentations will be the full day of
Friday, March 31^st , and a half-day on Saturday, April 1^st . There
will be a change in the time for the poster session at this meeting.
The poster session will be held during lunch time on Friday. Friday
evening there will be an oceanview banquet with live music at
Marineland, FL. More information regarding the specifics of the
conference will be posted in February. Please check the SEERS website
(http://links.baruch.sc.edu/seers/meetings.htm).
*Lodging*
Conference hotel will be the Howard Johnson Express Inn at 137 San Marco
Avenue, St. Augustine, FL 32084. The room rates are $59.95 + 9% tax per
night for either 2 double beds or one king; $109.95 + 9% tax per night
for 2 room suite. Reservations MUST be made through this # --
800-575-5290 for the SEERS meeting. These rate are only effective
until* February 28, 2006*. A link to the hotel --
http://www.mohinihospitality.com/hojo/ . The hotel also offers a free
continental breakfast every morning (which includes coffee, juices,
cereals (hot and cold), and danish/muffins/donuts).
*Airport and Directions*
Please check the SEERS website for travel information in February.
Registration
Registration fees for the SEERS meeting include the Thursday evening
social, the Friday evening dinner cruise and more, and are:
$75 regular members (must be member in good standing)
$95 new-members / non-members
$55 student members (must be member in good standing)
$70 student non-members
$50 one-day registration (does not include the social or banquet).
$45 Extra Banquet Ticket
$20 On-site registration Fee / Late Fee ***
Pre-registration greatly assists meeting planning. ****A late
registration fee of $20 will be charged on all registrations after
/15^th February 2006/.* Meeting registration forms are available
online (http://links.baruch.sc.edu/seers/meetings.htm). Directions and
payment instructions are provided on the form.
*Dues
*If you haven't done so already, please remember to renew your
membership when you preregister! New members can also join at this
time. The annual membership dues for the society are:
$20 Regular Member Annual Dues
$15 Student Member Annual Dues
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*Student Travel Support*
SEERS is offering up to five travel awards of $100 each to qualifying
students attending the meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach / St. Augustine,
FL. To qualify for a student travel award, students must:
· be enrolled at a college or university for the Spring 2006
semester;
· be a SEERS member in good standing for 2005;
· be registered for the Spring 2006 SEERS meeting; and
· have submitted an abstract for presentation (oral or poster) at
the meeting.
Please note that only one award can be granted per presentation. Also,
students receiving awards must be present to give their presentation at
the published time. For posters, the official presentation time will be
the time during which posters are being judged regardless of whether the
poster is entered in the student competition. If more applications are
received than the number of grants available, priority will be given to
students who have not won an award in the past two years.
To apply for travel support, send (via postal service or fax) a letter
of request and a copy of your abstract to Carla Curran (address below).
The letter should include your name, address, phone number, email
address, title of your presentation, whether you have won the SEERS
travel award within the past two years, and a statement affirming that
you meet the qualifications stated above. Your letter must include your
major advisor's name and signature. If advisor is not available, please
obtain a signature from another university official who can verify that
you are currently a student. Letter of request, with advisor's
signature, must be */postmarked (or faxed to 912-353-3186) by 15^th of
February/*. If faxing, be sure to provide a fax cover page with Carla
Curran's name on it. Winners of the travel awards will be notified in
early February and are encouraged to attend the SEERS Business Meeting
to receive their checks.
Send letters to:
Carla Curran
Department of Biology and Life Sciences
P.O. Box 20600
Savannah State University
Savannah, GA 31404
You may direct any questions to Carla Curran at 912-691-7434 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DENISE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/Projects/Denise/SEERS/SEERS%2002/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>.
Abstract Submission
*/Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are due by close of
business 15^th of February 2006./*
Abstracts must be submitted in the format shown on the online abstract
submittal form (http://links.baruch.sc.edu/seers/meetings.htm). Once
you have clicked on the Abstract Submittal form you may be asked to
"Enter Network Password", click cancel. The online abstract submittal
form has an example and directions of who to email the form to. Further
guidance regarding presentations will be issued after abstracts are
received. Please email abstracts to Paul Pennington
([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
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*Session Chairs and Student Judges*
If anyone is interested in serving as a session chair or a Student Judge
at the Spring meeting, please contact Denise Sanger
([EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).
*Additional Information*
Visit the SEERS web site for up-to-date information about the meeting.
Questions or comments about the Ponte Vedra Beach / St. Augustine, FL
meeting should be directed to:
Denise Sanger
SEERS Program Chair
843-747-4323
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Lori Morris
Local Arrangements
386-329-4544
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Brian LaPointe
Local Arrangements
772-465-2400 ext 276
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*Fun stuff to do and options for traveling family members:*
Historic tours of St. Augustine and Old Town Trolleys
(http://www.historictours.com/staugustine/default.htm) has quoted us a
price for riding the trolleys all over town, for the entire weekend, of
$11 per person! Unfortunately, the trolleys only run until 5:30 pm, so
meeting goers won't be able to take full advantage of it unless they
extend their visit after the conference. The bonus is that the trolleys
will pick-up right at the HoJo's (the ONLY hotel that offers that) so
you don't have to deal with the major parking woes of St. Augustine.
Historic Tours also offers a Ghosts and Gravestones tour (see their
website) of St. Augustine at night. This is a lot of fun and worth the
price for the haunts and laughs. It's a little pricier -- $22 for
adults, $10 kids (6-12) and under 6 are free. They will do a special
SEERS tour on Thursday evening if we have enough interested (at least
15). Please contact Lori Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you are interested.
The GTM NERR offers several free walking tours. Maps will be available
to show trails. There is also a Birds and Botany tour every Saturday
morning. If enough people are interested we can try and set one up for
BEFORE the meeting.
