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                              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]