----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Registration packages were mailed to WAML Lifetime and Principal Region members two days ago. If this does not include you and you would like receive a registration package in the mail, please let me know and I'll be happy to mail one to you. Non-WAML members are more than welcome and especially invited to attend WAML meetings. The meeting registration cost is $25. Banquet cost is $18-22 and field trip cost is $24. Additional information including a housing reservation form is provided in the registration package. Below is a copy of the preliminary program. See you in Seattle! Kathryn Womble Seattle WAML Meeting Host Map Collection University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-9392 [log in to unmask] Western Association of Map Libraries Fall Meeting, September 12 - 14, 1996 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Wednesday, Sep 11 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Welcoming complimentary picnic, Gas Works Park Thursday, Sep 12 8:30 am - 11:30 am Executive Board Meeting, Map Collection, Basement, Suzzallo Library 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Meeting Registration, 5th floor, Suzzallo Library 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Welcomes and Vendor Introductions Kathryn Womble, meeting host Betsy Wilson, Associate Director of Libraries, Public Services, University of Washington 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm City of Seattle's Catalog of GIS Products and Services for the Public Kirsty Burt, Kirsty Burt GIS 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Geospatial Data Dissemination and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Larry Sugarbaker, GIS Manager, Information Technology Division, Washington State Department of Natural Resources 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm WAML Business Meeting and Sounding Board 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Banquet, Ivar's Salmon House, 401 NE Northlake Way Friday, Sep 13 8:30 am - 9:30 am Collaborative Spatial Decision Making Tim Nyerges, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Washington 9:30 am - 10:15 am A Tsunami in Seattle 1000 Years Ago Brian Atwater, U.S. Geological Survey at Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington 10:15 am - 11:00 Break. Refreshments in Map Collection, Basement, Suzzallo Library. 11:00 am - noon Digital Developments in the Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress Gary Fitzpatrick, GIS Specialist, Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Managing the Temporal Aspects of Spatial Information Gail Kucera, Senior Principal, Mercator Systems Ltd. 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Wilderness Area Mapping in Washington State John Kawula, Reference Librarian, Pacific Lutheran University 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm GIS in Libraries (continuation of group discussion begun at Eureka, CA meeting in April 1996) Janet Collins, Map Librarian, Western Washington University Julie Hoff, Map Librarian, Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 19th-Century Bird's-eye Views of the Pacific Northwest Reception and Exhibit, Special Collections Division, Basement, Allen Library. Complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres. 5:30 pm - Dinner on your own Saturday, Sep 14 7:30 am - 5:30 pm* Field trip to Port Townsend, 1868 Rothschild House and Fort Worden State Park. Return to Seattle via a Washington State Ferry. Gather at 7:30 to board bus for an 8:00 departure in front of Haggett Residence Hall, UW Campus. Boxed breakfast will be provided on bus. *May vary depending on traffic and ferry delays. Sep 14 is a football game day on campus and still a very busy ferry time in the Northwest. Please allow for up to a 6:30 pm return to campus if you're making travel plans for Sat evening.