The 2010 Workshop for the Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists (AMAAB) is scheduled for March 31 - April 1, 2010 at Cacapon State Park near Berkeley Springs, WV. We are planning a full day of presentations on Wednesday. Mini workshops will be held on Thursday morning. The host for this year's workshop is the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
The procedures for offering presentations have not changed from previous years and will be explained in the call for presentations.
This year, pre-registration for 2010 AMAAB Workshop should be sent to West Virginia as the host State. You may contact me by email at [email protected], by phone at (304) 926-0499 ext. 1051 or by fax at (304) 926-9496 ATTN: Janice Smithson. Please send your contact information (name, address, telephone number and email address), and reference the "Biologists' Workshop 2010" in the subject line when responding. There will be a registration fee of $50 that includes an evening social on Wednesday, March 31. Payment may be made by cash or personal and agency checks made payable to AMAAB. We regret that we will not be able to accept credit cards.
Onsite Registration: Tuesday, March 30 -- 7:00-8:00pm Wednesday, March 31 -- 8:00am-all day
Cash or checks will be accepted upon registration onsite. Please leave one of your business cards at the registration table so we can update our mailing list. It is important that we get an updated email address from members because we have made the transition to conducting all business by email and website postings instead of by traditional paper mailings.
There will be a continental breakfast offered on Wednesday morning (coffee, Danish, juice). For those desiring a full breakfast, the restaurant will open Wednesday and Thursday mornings at 7:30 a.m.
The costs to AMAAB to conduct this meeting have been increasing each year. This year, instead of raising the cost of registration, we will be raffling off or holding silent auctions for a variety of goodies. Some of the items we are working on are WV state park freebies, a framed photo of aquatic organisms, and gift baskets. So bring a little extra cash, just in case you wish to participate!
We are working on putting together photo galleries of past meetings. If you have any digital photos from the 2009 meeting (or any other year) you would like to share, please send them to Katherine Laycock ([email protected]).
Check back periodically for updates. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.
Best regards,
Janice E. Smithson West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Wildlife Biologist - Division of Water and Waste Management