Call for American Fern Society Sponsored Symposia
Anthony R. Brach (brach@oeb.harvard.edu)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 06:48:42 -0700
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>Call for American Fern Society Sponsored Symposia for the XVI International
>Botanical Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1-7 August 1999.
>
>The American Fern Society, Inc. (AFS) seeks proposals for symposia to be
>held at the XVI International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, Missouri,
>1-7 August 1999. Proposed symposia will be evaluated for approval by the
>International Botanical Congress Scientific Program Committee.
>
>We need your proposed symposium topics for AFS sponsored symposia by 1
>September 1997. This will allow us time to organize AFS symposia for
>submission to the Symposium Organizing Committee by the 15 September 1997
>deadline.
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>Full information about the Congress and the call for symposium topics
>including the Symposium Proposal Form (if possible, use this Form) is
>available on the worldwide web at <http://www.IBC99.org>. Please note,
>however, that you should send this information directly to:
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>Carl Taylor, AFS Secretary
>Milwaukee Public Museum
>800 W Wells St.
>Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA
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>Tel: 414 278 2760
>Fax: 414 278 6100
>E-mail: ct@mpm1.mpm.edu
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>Send your proposal by 1 September 1997, IN ADVANCE OF THE CONGRESS DEADLINE
>if you want the American Fern Society/Pteridological Section of the
>Botanical Society of America to sponsor and endorse your symposium
>proposal. The web page notes that the deadline for receipt of proposals by
>the Secretary General is 15 September. By determining that your proposal
>reaches Carl Taylor at the beginning of September, you will ensure that our
>processing can be completed in time for us to forward your proposal to the
>Secretary General.
>
>--Jerry Gastony, AFS President
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