[seek-announce] SEEK: November 2004 All-Hands Meeting RESERVE THESE DATES

[Dan Higgins]

Another point of view:

What's wrong with voting absentee? (It counts just the same :-) )  I'd 
rather do that than work on weekends.

Dan

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Chad Berkley wrote:

> I was just about to point this out when Peter's message came rolling 
> in.  I, for one, would say that voting day should probably not be used 
> for a meeting (or a travel day), especially this year when *everyone* 
> should be voting.  I would move to change the meeting dates.  Even 
> though everyone, including me, hates weekend meetings, I think this 
> might be a time when it is appropriate.  I personally, do not want to 
> vote absentee for such an important election.
>
> chad
>
> Peter McCartney wrote:
>
>> You do know that this spans election day, right?
>>
>> On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 14:30, Beach, James H wrote:
>>
>>> SEEK Project Participants:
>>>
>>> The November 2004 SEEK All-Hands meeting will be held at the
>>> University of Kansas on Tuesday, Nov 2nd through Friday, Nov 5th. 
>>> This year we will meet in the Kansas Union, which is located next to
>>> the Natural History Museum.
>>>
>>> We will arrange for a block of hotel rooms to be set aside for
>>> SEEK'sters for the nights of Monday, Nov 1 through Thursday, Nov 
>>> 4th. We will not have rooms reserved for Friday Nov 5th.
>>>
>>> Visitors should plan to arrive in Lawrence no later than the evening
>>> of Monday, Nov 1, and should schedule flight departures no earlier
>>> than 5:30 PM on Friday the 5th, out of the Kansas City Airport (Code:
>>> MCI). The plenary wrap-up session (setting priorities, goals,
>>> deadlines, assignments) will go until 3:30 PM on Friday.
>>>
>>> Drive time between the University of Kansas and the Kansas City
>>> Airport is one hour.
>>>
>>> Additional information will be forthcoming later in the summer.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Jim B.
>>>
>>> ____________________________
>>> James H. Beach
>>> Biodiversity Research Center
>>> University of Kansas
>>> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
>>> Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
>>> T 785 864-4645, F 785 864-5335
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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