Dear Rick-- I'm sorry I can't make it this year--am going to volunteer to monitor juvenile lobsters this year and their mandatory attendance kickoff meeting is the same day. Joanne Sharpe On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:48:37 -0500 Rick Speer <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Here is one final reminder that our Spring Meeting takes place next > Saturday, April 8 at Bates College in Lewiston. The > pre-registration deadline has passed, but one may just show up and > register at the door ($15 registration fee that includes lunch at > the Bates cafeteria). Hope to see everyone in Lewiston next > Saturday! > > Rick > > Exact location: Chase Lounge in Chase Hall on Campus Avenue. For > directions to Bates College, visit their web page at: > http://www.bates.edu/directions.xml > > Coffee, tea and muffins will be ready at 8:30am and the program will > be starting at 9am (see draft agenda below). > > Theme: The Flora of Katahdin > > Draft agenda: > > 8:30 AM * registration, refreshments, and reconnecting > > 9:00 AM * Chris Campbell * Welcome and announcements > > 9:10 AM * Opening remarks by Jensen Bissell, Director of Baxter > State > Park > > 9:15 AM * Alison Dibble: Ecology, botanical history, and > conservation > concerns on Katahdin > > 10:15 AM * Jean Hoekwater: Katahdin's flora: Forever wild in Baxter > State Park > > 10:30 AM * BREAK > > 11:00 AM * Jim Hinds: Katahdin's lichens > > 12 noon * LUNCH > > 1:00 PM * Norton Miller: High altitude bryophytes of Katahdin and > some geological correlates > > 2:00 PM * Arthur Haines: Recent floristic research in Baxter State > Park > > 3:00 PM * adjournment > >