[seek-taxon] FW: SEEK versus TDWG

[Beach, James H]

 fyi

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James H. Beach
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University of Kansas
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Blum [mailto:sblum at CalAcademy.Org] 
Sent: 11 August, 2003 1:57 PM
To: Beach, James H
Subject: RE: SEEK versus TDWG


Hi Jim,

I do understand the wisdom of scheduling first, but of course, it's also 
impractical to know all of the relevant, potentially conflicting, events 
more than a year in advance.  So it goes...


At 01:10 PM 8/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Did you say that if several of the SEEK Taxon WG people were able to 
>make TDWG that we would likely be able to find a room to meet for a day 
>or two among ourselves with visitors in addition to the TDWG 
>activities?  Which dates do you think would be available for us to do 
>that?  On either side of TDWG?  During?

I don't remember what I said; I probably couldn't have said anything 
substantive because I didn't really know.  I do know a bit more now, at 
least about the hotel.

http://www.maisturismo.pt/aapmar  (English)
http://www.almeidahotels.com/praiamar_pt.htm (Portuguese)

The hotel should have a meeting room available for either no charge or a 
small charge (given that we will be bringing in at least 100 guests for a 
4-5 days).  The Gulbenkian institute for Science 
http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt (our hosts) might also have a small conference 
room that could be booked for some amount of time (e.g., a full day or two 
half days), but I would need to check into that.  Unfortunately, Pedro 
Fernandes, our local host/organizer has joined the rest of Europe on 
vacation for a good portion of August.  I won't be able to get a specific 
answer until later this month.  Do let me know if you want to inquire about 
a particular day.

Bottom line:  I'm sure that you could get a room for SEEK people to meet 
in, for as long as you need it -- either at the hotel or the IGC.

-Stan