Dear friends,
 
 
(1)
In the weekend of 21-22 November 1998, the Dutch Malacological Society and
Vita Marina organise the third International shell bourse and symposium in
Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
During this weekend you can expect to see many shell, shell stamp, and book
dealers, both from within and outside Europe.
Furthermore there will be many lectures, expositions, an auction and
information stands. For further details, please have a look at:
 
    http://home.wxs.nl/~spirula/nmv.htm
 
(2)
The directory of malacologists and conchologists on the Vita Marina home
page has been updated recently. Please take a few minutes within the coming
weeks to check if your details are still correct (ie Email address,
interests etc.).
For further information and updates, have a look at
http://home.wxs.nl/~spirula
 
(3)
Currently we are preparing the yearly Snail Pack mailing to about 6700
updated addresses around the world. If you are interested in placing a
commercial ad, an announcement, or a small personal ad in this year's Snail
Pack, please have a look at http://home.wxs.nl/~spirula  or the direct link
to the conditions page:
http://home.wxs.nl/~spirula/snailcdn.htm
Response last year was very good, both for commercial ads and personal ads
and in the mean time the database was updated based on the feedback we got
from all over the world.
 
 
P.S. For people visiting Europe in October it might be interesting to visit
the Sea Museum in The Hague, The Netherlands.
On the 24th of October there will be a shell meeting with lectures and a
shell bourse. More info on:
http://home.wxs.nl/~spirula/meetings.htm