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SCAMIT's Meeting Schedule.

November Meetings: Monday, November 17 at SCCWRP, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm. This will be another meeting of the Taxonomic Database Group. It has been several months since the group last met and we have been busy with Bight '08 field work and Ed 5 activities. We need to meet to reestablish our priorities and immediate goals. One of those goals is to further connect with Morphbank, the image repository for the taxonomic database. Deb Paul from Morphbank will be at the meeting to discuss further developments at Morphbank supporting our interaction. Katja Seltmann, also at Morphbank, could not attend in person, but will be attending the meeting remotely to provide her input. There are also Morphbank workshops scheduled at area labs during the rest of the week. At these workshops Deb will reacquaint us with Morphbank and review recent changes to their website. She will also provide a tutorial on the spreadsheet bulk image submittal process, which she and Katja highly recommend for SCAMIT member/lab use. Workshops are scheduled for the follows dates and locations: Tuesday, November 18, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm City of San Diego Environmental Monitoring Lab; Wednesday, November 19, 9:00 am -3:30 pm LACSD Marine Biology Lab; Thursday, November 20, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm OCSD Environmental and Ocean Monitoring Section. If you are not a member of one of those labs and would like to attend one of these workshops, please contact me at llovell@lacsd.org or (310) 830-2400 X-5613 to inquire about attendance.
December Meeting: There will be no formal meeting in December. Back by popular demand we will be having our "Annual" Christmas Potluck Party at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium again on Saturday, December 6th from 5:30-9 pm. The CMA gift shop will be open from 6:00 until 7:00 for your holiday shopping. SCAMIT will provide a honey baked ham, drinks (sodas, water, coffee), and eating utensils. Member are asked to bring a side dish to share. Leslie Harris is being asked to provide a theme cake for dessert (probably a polychaete!). There will be a visit from Santa for the younger Scamiteers attending. If you have never been to this event, it is a lot of fun and a time to catch up with everyone and their families. Unfortunately, we will not be able to bring our own beer or wine this year. There is a new $350 alcohol permit fee and we just could not justify that luxury. Hope to see you there. I will be looking for a few volunteers to help set up tables and chairs at 5:00 and put them away at 9:00.
January Meeting: Monday, January 12th - Amphipod meeting with John Chapman - venue TBD. Review of his chapter in Light and Smith's Manual and examination of problem species.
Monday, February 16th and possibly the 17th - venue TBD. One or two day workshop on Caprellids to be led by Dr. Todd Haney. Be thinking about your issues with these foul pods and provide Todd[HaneyT@sagehillschool.org] with your problem resolution requests.
Monday and Tuesday, March 9th and 10th (dates now set) - Two day Cumacean workshop with Les Watling and Sarah Gerken, venue TBD. A review of the Light and Smith's chapter and work on local difficult specimens.
Additional taxonomic training meetings recently proposed for each month are being discussed and considered. A couple of labs have indicated need and willingness to support these meetings. It may take some time to establish meeting topics, timetables, and leaders. So stay tuned!!
Worm regards,
If you have any questions about any of
this, please contact me.
Larry Lovell
Marine Biologist II / SCAMIT President
Marine Biology Laboratory
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
24501 S. Figueroa St.
Carson, CA 90743
(310) 830-2400 X-5613
llovell@lacsd.org <mailto:llovell@lacsd.org>
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The SCAMIT officers have decided to not increase prices as this will
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But hurry, we have not been guaranteed that these prices will last!
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