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   Theresa Moran

   November 24, 2012 at 6:34 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

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   Hello Fellow Herp Society Members
   On October 15 of this year, I sent the following announcement to members of approximately 100 herp societies across the US. There are several herp societies, including yours, that I have not yet heard back from. Please send me a return email letting me know if you are interested in receiving free registration certificates for the 2013 I H S conference. If you do NOT want to participate, I will remove your club from the email list, but if you DO want to offer some of your members this opportunity, I’m sure you will want to let them know asap, so they can make some of their travel plans (like vacation requests!) in a timely manner.
   Thanks you so much for your prompt response (either way). I hope to meet several of you in New Orleans!
   Theresa Moran

   New Orleans 2013 * New Orleans 2013 * New Orleans 2013 * New Orleans 2013

   In 2013, the International Herpetological Symposium will be held in New Orleans, LA from July 31 through August 3. As part of a new program to raise attendance at our annual symposia, we are offering certificates good for free registration for the conference to herpetological societies that help us to promote the event.

   We have two different flyers/ads for our upcoming annual conference that we need a direct email address to send to. We would appreciate it if you could include it in any publications you produce and/or have the information available for members and the public at any of your events throughout the upcoming months, until mid-July. In return, if you are interested, we are willing to provide you with two certificates, each good for free full registration (excluding banquet) to the 2013 I H S in New Orleans (valued at $175 each).

   The annual International Herpetological Symposium has been held for 35 years, most locations being in the continental United States. In addition to a vast amount of information given out over 3 full days of talks by exceptional speakers, it is a great chance to rub elbows and network with some of the herp world’s ‘greats’ from the zoo world, academia, and herpetoculture. This year also includes free attendance and a hosted dinner by the Audubon Zoo, admission to the Aquarium of the Americas, and free passes to the Audubon Insectivarium. As always, during the conference the vendor room will offer a great selection of herp-related equipment, books, artwork, and items for silent auction and after the banquet we will have a short, live auction of exceptional items. All-in-all, an entertaining as well as educational conference, to be sure.

   Each qualified herp-related society may request two free registration certificates. They may be allotted to members of your society in whatever manner your board of directors deems fit (auction, raffle, prize for contest, etc.) but must be used by someone that has NOT registered for the I H S conference within the last 5 years (the purpose of this program being to promote NEW attendance). We realize that planning for travel vacation time is sometimes needed well in advance, so we are hoping you will consider allotting these free registrations as soon as reasonably possible, hopefully before the beginning of the new year, or soon after. To assure that we keep track of where the free registrations are used, we need you to email me directly and request them be sent to a designated board member of your organization, who shall then be ineligible to use them. Include name, board position, and email address, along with society name and we will respond as soon as possible thereafter.

   Thank you for partnering with I H S on this promotion, and we look forward to hearing from you. We also look forward to meeting some of your members in New Orleans!

   Theresa Moran
   I H S Grants Chair

   New Orleans 2013 * New Orleans 2013 * New Orleans 2013 * New Orleans 2013