I have been notified by the USA Science and Engineering Festival
organizers have notified me that we need to finalize our booth
descriptions and list of participants and contributors by
mid-September. Thus, it is important that you coordinate with us by
that time (though even if you are late or don't anticipate being able
to, please let me know and we can try to work around this deadline!!!).
We are still seeking both sponsors (for financial contributions to help
with travel costs for volunteers and organizations like Audubon
Insectarium, SASI, the Arthropod Genomics Consortium, some labs doing
cool things like the "cyborg beetle" lab, the company that provides the
giant robotic insects for events, etc.), participants (organizations or
other entities who want to come and show off what they do that fits with
one of the 6 booth themes), contributors (those who can't send someone
physically but can provide materials like posters, live and dead insect
specimens, pamphlets, display items, things to hand out and other things
that will contribute to one or more of the booth themes) and volunteers
(individuals who can come and help, representing an entity or just on
their own). I anticipate that we will be getting all the sponsorship
within the next 2-3 months. We expect that if we meet our sponsorship
targets ($5,000-10,000), that most participants will have access to some
assistance with travel. If you want to come and participate,
identifying sponsors at this stage would be the most important thing to
do right now! Otherwise, let us know what you can bring to the "table"
to make this section a success! :)
Also, of you know of or are a member of any Entomology CLUBS (anywhere,
but particularly in the Washington DC/Northeast USA area) please pass
this along to them!
Here are the relevant URLs with the information you need for
participation, sponsorship, contribution and/or volunteering:
http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/2011/08/butterflies_beetles_bees_bugs.php
http://www.allthingsbugs.com/Fliers_Ento_Sci_Fest.pdf
SPONSOR BENEFITS (ONLY use this if you plan to pass along my name to the
organizers as "sponsoring the Entomology section" so they will make
those funds available to organizations participating in our section):
http://www.usasciencefestival.org/sponsors/sponsorbenefits
https://www.facebook.com/Allthingsbugs
http://twitter.com/#!/AllThingsBugs <http://twitter.com/#%21/AllThingsBugs>
--
Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
http://www.allthingsbugs.com/Curriculum_Vitae.pdf
