Dear Tim -
Am glad you are going to have the meeting again this year. And I am
certainly going to try and attend. I continue to have occasional problems
but they seem to be getting fewer and fewer. I would love to bring up a
question that is bothering me for a short discussion, and show a couple of
shells to illustrate my point, but I will let you know closer to the time
if I really will be able to do it.
Am glad Harry is coming, it will be nice to see him and of course you too.
Betty Jean
Betty Jean
At 11:58 AM 1/3/00 -0500, you wrote:
>First Announcement
>MID-ATLANTIC MALACOLOGISTS
>Third annual meeting
>
>Saturday 12 February 2000 10:00 am
>Delaware Museum of Natural History
>4840 Kennett Pike, Box 3937, Wilmington, DE 19807, U.S.A.
>Host: Timothy A. Pearce, Curator of Mollusks
>
>The third annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Malacologists (MAM) will occur
>Saturday 12 February 2000, starting 10:00 am at the Delaware Museum of
>Natural History (DMNH) in Wilmington, Delaware. This one-day gathering will
>facilitate contact among professional, amateur, and student malacologists
>who are interested in any aspect of mollusks. Participants will be able to
>present and discuss data, compare notes on methods and problems, and stay
>informed of research activities and opportunities. Even busy malacologists
>have time to attend this one-day meeting.
>Presentations (up to about 15 minutes) are usually informal and include
>talks covering research interests and to ideas you wish to discuss with
>other malacologists. A 35 mm slide projector and overhead projector will be
>available, as will wall and table space for posters.
>We will have hot beverages and doughnuts in the morning. There are several
>nearby restaurants for lunch. After the meeting, participants are welcome to
>visit and use the extensive mollusk reference collection and library at
>DMNH.
>Meeting and parking are free of charge. There are no dues, officers,
>abstracts, or publications. MAM is patterned after the long-successful Bay
>Area Malacologists (BAM) meeting started more than 25 years ago by Gene
>Coan.
>
>Getting there
>Driving: take I-95 to Wilmington, Delaware and take exit 7 (hwy 52 north).
>Stay left, take the left fork staying on Pennsylvania Ave. Continue north
>for 5 miles; road becomes Kennett Pike. DMNH is a large mustard-colored
>building on the left (west), 0.5 mi before entrance to Winterthur. Parking
>is free. See map on DMNH web site, http://www.delmnh.org/gennf.htm.
>Amtrak Train and Greyhound Bus stations are located near each other in
>downtown Wilmington. A taxi can take you and your friends to DMNH for $11 or
>$12. Unfortunately, city buses do not run to DMNH on Saturdays.
>
>Accommodations
>For those wishing to spend the night in the Wilmington area, three nearby
>hotels are:
>BEST WESTERN BRANDYWINE VALLEY INN, 1807 Concord Pike, Wilmington, (302)
>656-9436 or (800) 528-1234, approx. $69 to $115.
>HOLIDAY INN, 4000 Concord Pike, Wilmington, (302) 478-2222 or (800)
>465-4329, approx. $89.
>DAYS INN, 5209 Concord Pike, Wilmington, (302) 478-0300 or (800) 445-0852,
>$65.
>Directions to DMNH from all three hotels: Go south on Concord Pike (Rt.
>202), turn right onto Rt. 141 (going west). Get off 141 at exit for Rt. 52
>North - Greenville. Continue north on Rt. 52 (Kennett Pike) approximately 2
>miles. DMNH is a large mustard-colored building on the left side of the
>road.
>
>For more information or to say you will attend and/or give a talk, contact:
>Timothy A. Pearce, Curator of Mollusks
>Delaware Museum of Natural History
>Box 3937, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807-0937, U.S.A.
>phone: (302)658-9111 x319; fax (302)658-2610, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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