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                                 ANNOUNCEMENT

                           FOURTH ANNUAL GATHERING
               SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIFIED MALACOLOGISTS (SCUM)

                          Saturday January 15, 2000
                          Munk Seminar Room--10 AM
                Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
                    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
                             LaJolla, CA 92093

                             Host: Hugh Bradner

        SCUM is an informal association of professional, amateur, and
student malacologists and paleontologists in southern California who are
active or interested in research on mollusks.  The continuing purpose of the
annual gathering is to facilitate contact and keep one another informed of
research activities and opportunities.  There are no dues, officers, or
publications.  Previous SCUM gatherings at San Diego State University (SCUM
I, 1997), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (SCUM II, 1998), and
National University, La Jolla (SCUM III, 1999) were highly successful events.

        All persons interested in Recent and/or fossil mollusks are invited
to attend.  Presentations and discussions should be informal and briefly
cover research interests.  A slide projector and overhead projector will be
available for those wishing to treat their work in more detail.  Premeeting
coffee and donuts will be provided.  For the lunch break, there are numerous
restaurants and sandwich shops (especially the Cheese Shop) about a mile
south of SIO off La Jolla Shores Dr.  Parking will be available for a $3.00
fee (good incentive to car pool).  Maps and detailed directions to the
meeting place will be provided (maps are also available on the IGPP
home-page: http://igpp.ucsd.edu)

        Please contact SCUM IV meeting host Hugh Bradner privately for
further information.  Hope to see you there!

Hugh Bradner, 1867 Caminito Marzella, La Jolla, CA 92037. Tel.:
(858)459-7681;         fax:(858) 459-0657; e-mail: [log in to unmask]

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