September 2004 - tdwg - lists.tdwg.org

TDWG 2004 - Please Register - deadline for Field Trips registration - 2 October
by Adrian Rissone 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

Please note that several TDWG officers will be travelling and/or at the GBIF meeting after 1 October 2004 - only one week away. It will help us organise the TDWG meeting if you can formally register as soon as possible. Please don't leave it until the last minute! There are links to the Registration Site on the main TDWG 2004 Meeting site at: http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm The most urgent thing is to register for the informal Field Trips (to be held on Sunday 10 October) - by 2 October. Full details are now on the meeting web site. If you fail to register by that date we cannot guarantee you will be on the trip. To register for the field trip you must visit the Registration Site (just a little added incentive!). We look forward to seeing you in New Zealand! Kind regards, Adrian --------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Rissone TDWG 2004 Meeting Programme Coordinator http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Email: A.Rissone(a)nhm.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------

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[plain text re-send] TDWG 2004 -- online registration site now available
by Stan Blum 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

[With apologies for the previous encoded version of this message.] TAXONOMIC DATABASES WORKING GROUP -- 2004 ANNUAL MEETING Hosted by Landcare, New Zealand, Christchurch October 11-18, 2004 The online registration site for TDWG 2004 is now available at: https://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=16339 Multiple attendees can be registered and paid in a single transaction. Registrations can be partially filled out, saved, and completed later. If you registered last year, address and contact information can be re-used or updated. If you plan to attend, please register as soon as you can. Meeting schedule and details can be found at the meeting's main site: http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Please contact me if you have any questions or problems with the registration site. Stan Blum Research Info Mgr., California Academy of Sciences Chair, TDWG Execitive Committee 2004

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TDWG 2004 -- online registration site now available
by Blum, Stan 19 Sep '04

19 Sep '04

TAXONOMIC DATABASES WORKING GROUP -- 2004 ANNUAL MEETING Hosted by Landcare, New Zealand, Christchurch October 11-18, 2004 The online registration site for TDWG 2004 is now available at: https://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=16339 Multiple attendees can be registered and paid in a single transaction. Registrations can be partially filled out, saved, and completed later. If you registered last year, address and contact information can be re-used or updated. If you plan to attend, please register as soon as you can. Meeting schedule and details can be found at the meeting's main site: http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Please contact me if you have any questions or problems with the registration site. Stan Blum Research Info Mgr., California Academy of Sciences Chair, TDWG Execitive Committee 2004

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Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy by RE Snodgrass
by Mary Donovan 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

The Blackburn Press is a relatively new publishing company, dedicated to keeping in print and available for purchase book titles which larger publishers have lost interest in and have declared "out of print." We have a recommendation from one member of your listserv for the following book: Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy (1952) by RE Snodgrass Is this a book that would be ordered and used for university classes? Please respond directly to me. Thank you. Mary

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Reminder - student support for TDWG
by Rob Guralnick 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Dear List --- A couple weeks back I sent along an announcement that NSF has helped fund underrepresented student travel to the Taxonomic Database Working Group meeting in New Zealand Oct. 11-17. As discussed below, there is a very short grant application that is due in one short day (Sept. 15) and can lead to up to $3000 for support of travel. Please consider applying or encouraging your students to apply. The original announcement follows: ____________________________________________ Underrepresented student support for October 2004 Meeting of the Taxonomic Data Working Group (TDWG), Christ Church, NZ and associated workshops. With the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation, we expect to fund up to $3,000 per student for underrepresented (based on gender, ethnicity, disability, and geography) undergraduate, graduate and post- doctoral students working in or proposing biodiversity informatics projects, to attend the TDWG meetings from October 11 to 18, 2004. See http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm for the meeting program. The focus of the meeting includes: Biological Collections Data, the proposed XML Schema for the Structure of Descriptive Data, Taxonomic Names, among other topics (eg. Spatial Data). Underrepresented resident students at U.S. institutions are invited to submit an application describing their studies or research projects in biology or computer science and a brief paragraph about how they expect attendance could further their work. We will especially consider applicants not traditionally included in the taxonomic community. Application requirements: - Total narrative should not exceed one page (when formated in 12-point Times Roman, single spaced text on an 8.5x11" page with 1" margins) - If relevant, include at most one additional page of references to web links describing projects in which they participate, and papers on which they are joint authors. - Applications may be accompanied by up to two letters of recommendation from faculty members or other professionals aware of the projects described in the narrative and commenting on the student's role and expected benefit. Please send documents in PDF format to Dr. Robert Guralnick (Robert.Guralnick(a)colorado.edu) by Sept. 15. Applications will be evaluated by a committee composed of Dr. Guralnick, Dr. Robert A. Morris from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and Annie Simpson at the National Biological Information Infrastructure. We expect funding to be available prior to the meeting. Further details will be provided to the successful applicants. Best regards, Rob Guralnick Bob Morris Annie Simpson _____________________________ Dr. Rob Guralnick Asst. Professor and Curator Dept. of EEB and CU Museum University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0265 tel: 303-735-0178

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Re: TDWG 2004 - Last Call for Papers (deadline 12 September)
by Patricia Koleff Osorio 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Dear Adrian Please find attached abstracts (Repatriation migh be presentation or poster) and (Authority Files for poster) I should be grateful if you would kindly acknowledge safe receipt of these files. Thank you very much. Best wishes, Patricia Koleff At 06:44 a.m. 09/09/2004 -0500, Adrian Rissone wrote: >The official deadline for abstracts to be submitted for the 2004 TDWG >Annual Meeting in Christchurch (11-18 October) is 23:59 British Summer Time >on Sunday 12 September. Please make every effort to submit your abstract >for a presentation, poster or computer demonstration by that time. >Submission guidelines may be found on the meeting web site. > >Late submissions may be accepted at the discretion of the Programme C- >Ordinator but you are warned that the extremely busy meeting schedule >emerging leaves very little room for late offerings of spoken presentations >(posters are easier to accommodate). > >Thank you for your help and co-operation. > >Regards, > >Adrian > >Adrian Rissone >TDWG 2004 Meeting Programme Coordinator >http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm >Email: A.Rissone(a)nhm.ac.uk Dra. Patricia Koleff Directora de Analisis y Prioridades Conabio Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Av. Liga Periferico - Insurgentes Sur 4903 Col. Parques del Pedregal Delegacion Tlalpan 14010 Mexico, D.F. MEXICO Tel. +52 (55) 5528 9105 Fax +52 (55) 5528 9131 www.conabio.gob.mx e-mail: pkoleff(a)xolo.conabio.gob.mx

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TDWG 2004 - Last Call for Papers (deadline 12 September)
by Adrian Rissone 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

The official deadline for abstracts to be submitted for the 2004 TDWG Annual Meeting in Christchurch (11-18 October) is 23:59 British Summer Time on Sunday 12 September. Please make every effort to submit your abstract for a presentation, poster or computer demonstration by that time. Submission guidelines may be found on the meeting web site. Late submissions may be accepted at the discretion of the Programme C- Ordinator but you are warned that the extremely busy meeting schedule emerging leaves very little room for late offerings of spoken presentations (posters are easier to accommodate). Thank you for your help and co-operation. Regards, Adrian Adrian Rissone TDWG 2004 Meeting Programme Coordinator http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Email: A.Rissone(a)nhm.ac.uk

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