SCUM IX
                             January 22, 2005
                            8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
               City of San Diego's Environmental Monitoring &
                       Technical Services Laboratory
                             2392 Kincaid Road
                           San Diego, California

The ninth annual meeting of the Southern California Unified Malacologists will be held this year at the City of San Diego's new Environmental Monitoring and Technical Services Laboratory building. This state of the art building houses the City's Ocean Monitoring Program. The co-sponsor for this year's event will be the Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists (SCAMIT).

SCUM is an informal association of southern California professional, amateur, and student malacologists and paleontologists who are active or interested in molluscan research. The purpose of the annual gatherings is to facilitate contact and keep one another informed of research current activities and opportunities. There are no dues, no officers, and no publications. SCUM is patterned after the Bay Area Malacologists (BAM), which is hosted at different institutions each year.

The doors will open at 8 AM for donuts and coffee. The meeting will begin about 9 AM. Lunch can be delivered to the meeting venue at a small cost to the participants. There is nothing within walking distance. There is very limited refrigerator space if you wish to bring your own.

The agenda:*

8:00 - 9:00 AM Meet and greet
9:00 - 11:30 AM Introductions and short informal presentations
11:30 - 12:00 AM City's Ocean Monitoring Program presentation and tour of
   the facility
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch and Prize drawings (Prizes provided by SCAMIT)
1:30 PM Group Picture
1:30 - 3:30 PM Continue presentations

For presentations there will be a video projector and PC laptop available for those of you with PowerPoint presentations. A 35mm slide projector, VHS video player and overhead projector will also be available. For directions to the facility, additional information, and to RSVP contact:

Ron Velarde (619)758-2331 [log in to unmask]
Kelvin Barwick (619)758-2337 [log in to unmask]

(Note: as there have been numerous street realignments near the facility do not use any of the on-line based direction programs as they have yet to incorporate these recent changes.  Ron Velarde, Kelvin Barwick, and/or Lindsey Groves can send you an attachment map).

*subject to change


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Lindsey T. Groves
Natural Histroy Museum of Los Angeles County
Malacology Section
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA  90007
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(213) 763-3376 (voice)
(213) 746-2999 (fax)
http://www.nhm.org/research/malacology/lgroves/index.htm
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