[seek-taxon] Re: FW: TDWG 2003 Meeting and SEEK Taxon Working Group

[wmichene@lternet.edu]

Makes great sense.  Go for it.  Prices appear reasonable.


Bill


Quoting "Beach, James H" <beach at ku.edu>:

> Bill --
> 
> The SEEK Taxon working group decided today not to meet in Santa Barbara
> in
> October with the rest of the SEEK developers but to meet with the TDWG
> meeting instead in Portugal during the same week.  The thought is that
> we
> could benefit from interactions with the international community of
> projects
> involved in the modeling and management of taxonomic concepts and
> names.
> 
> Currently airfares to Lisbon from the US are in the $500-650 range.  Do
> you
> think the SEEK working group travel budget could pay for the airfares
> of
> about 8 SEEK Taxon WG members to go to that meeting instead of Santa
> Barbara? 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Jim 
> 
>  
> --------------------------------
> James H. Beach
> Biodiversity Research Center
> University of Kansas
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
> Tel: 785 864-4645, Fax: 785 864-5335
> Televideocon: (H.323): 129.237.201.102
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beach, James H 
> Sent: 13 August, 2003 1:52 PM
> To: 'Stan Blum'; 'seek-taxon at ecoinformatics.org'
> Subject: TDWG 2003 Meeting and SEEK Taxon Working Group
> 
> 
> Dear Stan --
> 
> In a teleconference today the SEEK Taxon working group decided to hold
> it's
> October meeting in Portugal in conjunction with the TDWG 2003 annual
> meeting.  In addition to the benefits of interacting with other projects
> at
> TDWG we are specifically interested in participating in the TDWG names
> subgroup meeting scheduled for October 23rd.  We would also like to ask
> you
> to help us secure a small room for two days for our own SEEK taxon
> working
> group meeting on October 24 and 25.
> 
> This is the current list of likely attendees from the SEEK Project:
> 
> 1) Jesse Kennedy, Napier
> 2) Robert Peet, UNC
> 3) Aimee Stewart, KU
> 4) Susan Gauch, KU
> 5) Robert Gales, KU
> 6) Joana Trajkova, KU
> 7) Jim Beach, KU
> 8) Unidentified SEEK taxon postdoc, UNC
> 9) Hannu Saarenmaa (I believe will already be there on behalf of
> GBIF.)
> 
> Dave Vieglais and Matt Jones will not be attending but will hold down
> the
> fort at the simultaneous SEEK developer's meeting in Santa Barbara.
> 
> Most of us will arrive 21st or 22nd in morning and depart on the 26th
> or
> 27th.
> 
> We're looking forward to talking about the SEEK approach and to seeing
> what
> kinds of collaborations might be possible with other projects dealing
> with
> concepts and names.
> 
> Two requests:
> 
> 1) please have the local organizer when he returns identify a room for
> 10-15
> people for the Taxon WG meetings on the 24th and 25th.
> 2) would you kindly keep us informed as to meeting logistics and
> arrangements, hotel information, local travel guidance, etc.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Jim
> 
> PS: I will be out of the country for two weeks, would you keep in touch
> with
> Susan Gauch (sgauch at ku.edu) and Jesse Kennedy (j.kennedy at napier.ac.uk)
> during that time as information becomes available on the TDWG meeting? 
> They
> can forward mail to the SEEK-Taxon mailing list.
>  
> --------------------------------
> James H. Beach
> Biodiversity Research Center
> University of Kansas
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
> Tel: 785 864-4645, Fax: 785 864-5335
> Televideocon: (H.323): 129.237.201.102
> 
>