2008
Karger Workshop Thursday November 13; 8:00am-5:00pm
2008
JBJC Meeting Friday Nomvember 14, 8:00am-5:00pm
Courtyard Marriott Capitol Hill/Navy Yard
140 L Street SE, Washington, DC
View the 2008 JBJC meeting abstracts
2008 Message:
Dear Members and Friends of the J.B. Johnston
Club,
OK, here is the lengthy (and
belated) newsletter, but if you read
it all I think you will be rewarded, both intellectually, spiritually
and
emotionally. Main concerns: PROGRAM and
MEMBERSHIP/REGISTRATION.
Everything is now set up to join, and register
for
meetings for the 2008 Washington DC meeting of the Karger
Workshop
and J.B. Johnston Club on Thursday and Friday, November 13 and
14.
PROGRAM:
The Karger
Workshop organizers are R. Glenn Northcutt and Mario F.
Wullimann and the title is “Forebrain Evolution in Fishes.” Dr. Rudolf Nieuwenhuys is the distinguished
invited speaker.
There were more than the average
number of abstracts
submitted for the regular JBJC
meeting so, for one of the first times ever, the
program committee was faced with the agonizing task of winnowing down
the
offerings. They made some difficult
decisions, but the result is that we have a “fair and balanced” program
which should
be very appealing to all members. (Again,
check out the attachment).
MEMBERSHIP AND
REGISTRATION
INFORMATION:
We have been in a deficit
situation for several years
despite raising the registration fees. I have, by fiat, raised the rates
again (sorry, but you know EVERYTHING is more expensive now). All of you who regularly attend professional
meetings absolutely know that JBJC is the best bargain on the block. A lot of this has to do with the fact that
this is a “club” made up of friends and colleagues and run by
volunteers. The following are several
options to pay for
membership and registration for the meeting.
CREDIT CARD, CASH, CHECK, BUT
REGARDLESS OF PAYMENT OPTION:
1. FIRST STEP FOR ALL: JOIN
THE JBJC!! Membership dues is:
Student/Retired:
$25.00
Regular
Membership: $50.00
2. SECOND STEP: REGISTER FOR THE MEETING(S)
2a. CREDIT CARD OPTION (Very much preferred!): Go to "Acteva" which is a company
that handles registrations via credit card. Our
JBJC site is:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?binid=1&bevaID=163487
THIS YEAR AGAIN: If you register for
BOTH Karger and JBJC
meetings combined, I've tried to make it little easier for you and
there will
be a slight discount: student/retired: $90.00 and regular: $180.00.
Late and
on-site registrations is TWICE the price, so you are strongly
encouraged to
register on time!!
Another note: “Acteva" will
appear on your credit card
bill, NOT "J.B. Johnston Club" or anything related to the name of the
club. Don't be thrown off by the terms
"tickets" at the Acteva website, it just means registration or
membership.
2b. CHECK OR CASH:
Membership forms are available as an attachment to this email.
You are
certainly welcome to use this hard copy form if you wish to pay with a
check or
cash and send it by regular mail to my address:
J.B.
Johnston Club
c/o Blinda
E. McClelland
4001 Avenue
G
Austin, TX 78751-4707 USA
Overseas members can pay cash or check at the
meeting at the
regular rate, but must submit this form to me (again, by email, fax or
regular
mail) before October 31st. (At the meeting, I will also accept British
pounds,
Euros, and Japanese Yen in cash at standard, "rounded off" rates.)
IF YOU WALK UP TO THE TABLE AT THE MEETING: We
love you, we
embrace you, you are welcome to join and participate, BUT the price
will be
substantially higher, like TWICE. We
will try to have a computer that will enable you to register on-line,
but you
should be prepared to pay cash or check and it will still cost you
TWICE AS
MUCH.
FORGOTTEN STUFF:
Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm sure I've forgotten
something(s),
but I'm also confident that I will hear about it! Let
me know if I can answer your questions or
if you have any other problems. But, as
I tell my students, "If the question was answered in the syllabus it
will
cost you points.” But, realizing the
suspiciously
attractive and intelligent people that you are, I assume that you would
NEVER
present me with any seemingly stupid questions or (in a clutch) admit
that you
have not read the syllabus (i.e., all of the above).
See y'all in Washington!
Blinda,
(mcclelland@mail.utexas.edu),
JBJC Meeting Organizer
2008 Program
committee:
Cliff Summers (cliff@usd.edu)
Andrew Iwaniuk (aniwaniuk@gmail.com)
Sabrina Burmeister (sburmeister@unc.edu)
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