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Lindsey,
Just to confirm- I will be at SCUM V. I'm devinitely lookiing forward to it (I
was goiing to make all sorts of bad jokes about a scummy day, spending the day
with fellow scum, etc. but realized that you've heard it before- see you on the
20th)
Phil
Phil Liff-Grieff
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Lindsey Groves wrote:
> ****************************************************************************
>
> FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
>
> SCUM ONE! SCUM ALL!
>
> FIFTH ANNUAL GATHERING OF SCUM OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
> (SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIFIED MALACOLOGISTS)
>
> Saturday January 20
> Times Mirror Room - 10 AM
> Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
> 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
>
> Hosts: George Davis and Lindsey Groves
>
> SCUM is an informal association of Southern California professional,
> amateur, and student malacologists & paleontologists, who are active 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; no publications.
> SCUM is patterned after the Bay Area Malacologists (BAM), which is
> hosted by malacologists at different institutions each year.
>
> This year's meeting will be held in the Times Mirror Room of the Natural
> History Museum of Los Angeles Country. 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 current research
> interests. A slide projector and/or overhead projector will be available
> for those wishing to present visual information. At this meeting we will
> also commemorate the outstanding career of LACM Malacology curator Jim
> McLean, who recently announced his retirement after 37 years of dedictaed
> service. Coffee, Tea, and breakfast somethings will be provided. We will
> break for lunch at noon. The Curator's Cafe (the museum cafeteria) will be
> open along with many other local food establishments within walking/short
> driving distance. Parking in the East Lot will be free; please mention at
> the desk that you are with SCUM.
>
> Please phone, FAX, or e-mail your RSVP so we can have enough 'breakfast
> somethings' on hand for everyone.
>
> For further information, contact:
>
> George E. Davis, Collections Manager - Crustacea. Ph.: 213 763-3450;
> FAX: 213 746-2999; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Lindsey T. Groves, Collections Manager - Malacology and Invertebrate
> Paleontology. Ph.: 213 763-3376 (Malacology), 213 744-3485
> (Invert. Paleontology); FAX: 213 746-2999; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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