Animal Acoustic Communication conference in August

Hi Gerry,

This isn't your usual blog post, but it looks like the best way to
reach you. Your presentation was accepted for the Animal Acoustic
Communication conference to be held Aug. 12-15, 2008, in Corvallis,
OR. (Congrats!) We had far more requests for oral presentations
than allowed by the time available, and we have to ask you to present
your work as a poster. We hope that you can accommodate this
request.

If you can do this, your poster will be up during the first two days
of the conference, Aug. 12-13 (Tue.-Wed.). There is block of time
exclusively devoted to posters in each two-day time period (with
snacks, so people will really stick around!). The full conference
schedule is now on the conference web site:

http://www.oregonstate.edu/conferences/animalcommunication2008/

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

- Register for the conference if you haven't yet.

- Conference attendees will receive a booklet with 2-page extended
abstracts for all oral and poster presentations. This means that
each presenter (THAT'S YOU) must come up with an extended abstract.
Use the template available on the web site (see the 'Abstracts'
link) to complete yours; when you're finished, please submit it via
the web site. The deadline for these 2-page extended abstracts is
June 30.

- Reserve your hotel or dorm room as soon as possible.
Conference-rate hotel rooms will be held for only a limited time.

Additional information

- As part of abstract submission, you will need to certify that your
work complies with guidelines for the ethical treatment of animals.

- If you applied for student funding, we will send you a a subsequent
email about your request.

- The whale/seabird trip shown on the web site is NOT included in the
conference fee; it costs extra. I (D. Mellinger) did a similar trip
in March and it was great fun, so I recommend the Aug. 16 trip
heartily.

- Oregon is generally a warm and dry place in August. The coast and
the mountains are both quite beautiful, and less crowded than most
such areas in the U.S. We'll soon have information on the web site
about favorite places to go, both around Corvallis and elsewhere in
and near Oregon. You're invited to stay longer before and after
the conference.

Sincerely,
Dave Mellinger
for the conference scientific and organizing committees

P.S. Sounds like you fun in the Valley! Your photos brought back a
lot of memories -- I used to climb there a lot. I still miss it,
though Smith Rock here is awfully nice too.