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General Information Greening the Meeting
At the 1997 meetings in Seattle, it was decided that the Environmental Quality Committee would develop recommendations to minimize the environmental impact of the Society's activities. The committee has developed a list of possible actions relating to the annual meeting that can be implemented with minimal inconvenience to the organizing committee and to the membership at large. Many of these suggested actions are dependent on a decision by the Society as to whether and how much members are willing to trade off convenience or cost in the process of reducing environmental impacts (fortunately, many proposed actions are actually money-savers). Our objective in these “greening" efforts is to fulfill the general mission of the annual meeting in the most efficient, environmentally sound, and economic manner possible. For additional information about the ASIH Environmental Quality Committee, contact: Gene Helfman, Professor Graduate Student Fund Raisers SSAR Frameable Art Silent Auction The SSAR STAC announces the Eleventh Annual Frameable Art Silent Auction to be held at the 2006 SSAR meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 12-17 July 2006. Preferred donations include herp-related photos, line drawings, prints, paintings, plates, engravings, or anything frameable, if not already framed. If you are interested in donating an item (tax deductible for U.S. residents), please email Thomas Eimermacher, Thomas.Eimermacher@selu.edu. Please notify Thomas if you will be bringing silent auction items with you to the meeting. ASIH Graduate Student Travel Award Book Raffle A book raffle will be conducted to raise funds for graduate student travel awards. Tickets may be purchased during the Joint Meeting, with the funds going directly toward student travel awards for 2006. The books are donated by publishers, booksellers, society members, etc. Additional information to follow. Graduate Student Reprint and Book Scavenge Do you have extra or duplicate reprints, books, or other publications taking up valuable shelf space in your office? If so, please consider donating them to the Graduate Student Reprint & Book Scavenge, to be held at the 2006 Joint Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both herp and fish reprints are requested. This is a great opportunity for younger herpetologists and ichthyologists to add to their research libraries. Additional information to follow. |
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