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

[Peter McCartney]

Well i just checked into voting absentee in Arizona and it does not
appear to be quite the pig show i remembered it being 20 years ago when
i had to do it. Infact, AZ lets you vote early the prior week. So I
withdraw my concerns. 
On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 16:03, Dan Higgins wrote:
> 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
> 
> -----
> 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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