To all of Conch-L:


                              SCUM VII: ANNUAL GATHERING
                        Southern California Unified Malacologists

                           Saturday, January 25, 2003, 9:30 AM
                          City of Laguna Hills Community Center
                           25555 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Hills
                            (949) 707-2610/ (949) 707-2680

                               Host: Carol Stadum

        SCUM is an informal association of Southern Calfiornia professional,
amateur, and student malacologists and paleontologists who are active
and/or interested in research on mollusks.  The purpose of the annual
gathering is to facilitate contact and keep one another informed of
research activities and opportunities.  There are no dues, no officers, and
no publications.  All persons interested in Recent and/or fossil mollusks
are invited to attend.  Presentations and discussions are encouraged but
should be informal and briefly cover research interests.

        This years gathering is hosted by Carol Stadum in the Heritage Room of the
City of Laguna Hills Community Center, 25555 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Hills,
CA.  The Center is centrally located in southern Orange County, 1.5 miles
west off the I-5 Freeway on Alicia Parkway and Paseo de Valencia across
from Ralphs Market.  Turn into the Center at the light on Community Center
Drive. There are ample parking places and handicapped accessibility.  Slide
projectors, easels, and Powerpoint facilities will be available.

        Please phone or e-mail your RSVP directly to Carol (see below) so she can
make arrangements for enough breakfast and lunch items ahead of time.


SCHEDULED PROGRAM

9:30 AM – Noon

Continental Breakfast (coffee, tea, muffins, etc.)
Welcome and introductions
Informal presentations

Noon – 1:30 PM

No host lunch in meeting room
Special art show of mollusk X-rays
Tour fossil displays and prehistoric playground
Specimen swap (If you have specimens, publications, or photos to share with
other SCUMers, please bring them)

1:30 PM till 3:30 PM (or whenever)

Afternoon presentations will feature information on the large squid
strandings of July 2002.
Round table discussions, announcements, and photo op will conclude the day.


*Questions or for special audio visual requests, please contact Carol
Stadum at
(760) 944-6943 or [log in to unmask]