Hi ya all:

I am getting mucho requests for convention schedule....so here is
abbreviated version:

Chairpersons Doris Underwood and Bobbi Cordy will be moving into the
Radisson Resort at the Port on Thursday, July 5.  You can reach us
there!

Thursday, July 5     Early registration 7-9 p.m. in Convention Center
                                and sign up for workshops
Friday,  July 6        8 a.m. Field Trip to Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Society
                                1-4 p.m.  Registration in Convention
Center
                                 7-9 p.m.  Registration in Convention
Center
                                    and sign up for workshops
Sat. July 7             9 a.m. - 1 p.m.   Registration
                                Club Sales Tables
                                Convention Sales Tables
                                Raffle Sales
                                Information Table - where to go, where
to eat, etc.
                                50 Cents Bargain Table of shells
                                Special Exhibits by NASA, Turtle
Preservation Society,
                                Sea Bean Society, Bailey/Mathews Museum
                               1:30 p.m.  Opening Ceremony
                                2:15 p.m.   Programs begin
                                4-5:30 p.m.  Silent Auction I
                               6:30 - 9 p.m.  Welcome Party - Caribbean
Style

Sunday, July 8       8-9 a.m.   Registration
                                Information Table, Raffle, Convention
Sales
                                Silent Auction II
                                9 a.m.  Programs begin
                                Lunch Break
                                1:25 p.m.  Programs begin
                                3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  Silent Auction #3

                                Dinner Break
                                7:30 p.m.  Workshops Begin
                                Turtle Watch

Monday, July 9       7:30 a.m.  COA Reps Breakfast Meeting
                                 8-9 a.m.  Silent Auction #4
                                 8-9 a.m.   Set up Mini Shell Show
                                 9 a.m.  Programs Begin
                                 11:00 a.m.  Mini Shell Show Judged
                                  1-2 p.m.  Viewing of Oral Auction  -
Public Welcome
                                  2-6 p.m.  Auction
                                  6 p.m.  Remove Mini Shell Show
Exhibits
                                  8 p.m.  Conch-L Gathering

Tuesday, July 10      9:00 a.m.  Preview of 2002 Convention
                                   9:30 a.m.   COA Business Meeting
                                   10:15 a.m.   Meeting with New
Officers and Board
                                   12:30 - 4 P.m. Bourse Set Up
                                                Convention Center Closed
to everone except
                                                Dealers and their
Assistants!
                                    4 p.m. - 10 p.m.  Bourse open with
snack/cash bar in
                                                 East Foyer -  Open to
Public
                                    Turtle Watch

Wednesday, July 11
                                    7:30 a.m.  Meeting with new
officers/COA Board

Continental Breakfast
                                   8 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Bourse Open
                                   9 a.m.   Kennedy Space Center Tour
                                   11 a.m.  Riverboat Luncheon Cruise
                                   1 p.m. - 3 p.m.  Bourse Break down
                                    6:30 p.m.  Cash Bar open
                                    7:30 p.m.   Banquet with guest
speaker S. Peter Dance