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align=center><FONT color=#800000>Joint Annual Meeting of</FONT></P>
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align=center><STRONG>The Phycological Society of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
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w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place></STRONG></P>
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align=center><FONT color=#800000>and</FONT></P>
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align=center><STRONG>The International Society of Protistologists</STRONG></P>
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align=center><FONT color=#800000>5-9 August 2007</FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT color=#800000>Crowne Plaza Hotel</FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT color=#800000><st1:City w:st="on">Providence</st1:City>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Warwick</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Rhode Island</st1:State></st1:place></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Abstracts for the
PSA/ISOP joint meeting are now being accepted at <A
href="http://psa.abstractcentral.com/">http://psa.abstractcentral.com/</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The deadline for abstract submission is
8 June 2007.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Participants may
personally contribute either one oral or one poster presentation (but there is
no limit on the number of presentations made by others that one can be a
co-author on).</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">The
meeting registration web site will be available within 10 days and the URL will
be announced when the site goes active. The deadline for regular registration
will be 5 July (although the field trip has a registration deadline of 30
June).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A late registration fee of
$50 will be imposed after 5 July.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Registration fees are $340 for regular members of PSA and ISOP, $250 for
student or retired members of PSA and ISOP, and $440 for non-members of either
PSA or ISOP (regardless of student or retired status). These fees cover
continental breakfasts each morning, the banquet, three evening mixers with
heavy hors d’oeuvres, and all breaks. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">For
information on making room reservations at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence
Warwick, go to <A
href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/wrwri?_requestid=179063">http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/wrwri?_requestid=179063</A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A special room rate of $109 per night
(for up to four people per room) has been arranged.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">You must phone the hotel (877-227-6963) and
identify yourself with the PSA/ISOP meeting in order to receive this rate</B>.
The number of rooms allocated<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>for
the meeting is limited, so reserve early to ensure accommodations at the meeting
venue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Note that there are no other
hotels in walking distance and it is very unlikely that you will get a lower
rate at any area hotel. So <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>making
reservations early is highly recommended</U>.</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The hotel is very close to the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Providence</st1:place></st1:City> airport and a
free shuttle is available. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Information about the
scientific program, society awards, and social activities is available at PSA
(<A
href="http://www.psaalgae.org/ops/psa2007.shtm">http://www.psaalgae.org/ops/psa2007.shtm</A>)
and ISOP (<A
href="http://www.uga.edu/~protozoa">http://www.uga.edu/~protozoa/</A>) websites.
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Although there are
numerous lunch options within a short driving distance of the hotel, there are
none in reasonable walking distance. The hotel restaurant will be available for
lunch for people who do not have access to car or who choose to stay on
site.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To reduce waiting times at
the hotel restaurant, special lunches can be purchased in advance via the
meeting registration web site. These will cost $17.50 each, with a different
menu option each day: Antipasto Salad & Pizza on Monday, NY Deli Plate on
Tuesday, Grilled Oriental Chicken on Wednesday, and Croissant Creation on
Thursday. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PSA member students will
be treated to lunch on Tuesday as part of a student meeting (so PSA students
should not pre-pay for lunch on Tuesday).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>ISOP will have its business meeting at a luncheon on Wednesday at a cost
of $23.50 per person.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">PSA is offering an optional field
trip on Friday, August 10, to a local marine rocky intertidal habitat. Low tide
is around noon and we plan to leave the hotel no later than 9:30 am. The bus
trip is about 45 min and will arrive at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Beavertail</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State
Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (<A
href="http://www.riparks.com/beaverta1.htm">www.riparks.com/beaverta1.htm</A>).
The bus will depart for the hotel no later than 1:30 pm, giving plenty of time
to explore and collect. A box lunch is included in the field trip cost. There
will be local phycologists available on the trip to aid in species
identification. Field trip is limited to 100 people. Deadline for the field trip
registration will be <B>30 June</B>.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">For
questions about the meeting, contact local organizer Glen Thursby
(Thursby.Glen@epamail.epa.gov).</P>
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