SCUMMERS, SCUM ONE, SCUM ALL! Southern California

SCUMMERS, SCUM ONE, SCUM ALL!
Announcing SCUM XVIII, the 18th Annual Meeting of the
Southern California Unified Malacologists
San Diego, California
Saturday, January 25th 2014
8:00 AM – 3:30 (?) PM
City of San Diego Marine Biology Lab
2392 Kincaid Road
San Diego, CA 92106
SCUM XVIII: The 18th annual meeting of the Southern California Unified
Malacologists (SCUM) will convene at the City of San Diego’s Marine Biology Lab,
located near the north side of San Diego Bay and west of San Diego’s
International Airport (Lindbergh Field). SCUM is an informal association of
professional, student, and amateur Malacologists and Molluscan Paleontologists
who are active or interested in molluscan research. The purpose of the annual
gatherings is to facilitate contact and keep one another informed of research
activities and opportunities. There are no dues, no officers, and no publications.
Program:
The original purpose of the first SCUM meeting was to provide an
opportunity for molluscan workers in the southern California area to get together
in an informal setting and talk about what projects we had been working on in
the previous year. Thus the meeting will begin at 9:00 AM with a round of
introductions and short statements of who we are or what sorts of projects that
we may be working on, or are interested in, concerning living and fossil mollusks.
This will be followed with a presentation by Lindsey Groves (LACM), who has been
the SCUM historian since the beginning. Those of you who may wish to make
longer presentations of your research, thesis work, or ongoing investigations
and/or interests should contact George Kennedy (sdpaleo@cox.net or
gkennedy@bfsa-ca.com) so that we can compose some sort of informal program
for the session. Talks should be limited to no more than 15 minutes apiece.
There will be a mid-morning break, as well as a lunch break. Any other proposals
are invited.
Reprints:
Because the Western Society of Malacologists (WSM) will be meeting
jointly with several other societies in Mexico City this summer, there will not be
any reprint sale this year. So, the WSM reprint tables will be set up before the
session and be available for browsing. After almost 30 years of running the WSM
reprint sale, the responsibility is now being handed over to Shawn Wiedrick, who
has volunteered to take over future responsibilities for the reprint sale. [clap,
clap!].
Refreshments:
Morning coffee and various refreshments to munch on will
be available from 8:00 AM onward and into a morning break. A variety of pizzas
will be available for lunch, or you can bring your own brown bag lunch. Sodas
and other drinks will be available also. Note that there are no food sources within
walking distance of the Biology Lab.
Directions to SCUM XVIII:
The Marine Biology Lab is located on the north side of San Diego Bay and west of
Lindbergh Field (San Diego International Airport). Access is somewhat
convoluted if you are not familiar with this area.
From I-5 southbound or I-8 westbound:
Exit at Rosecrans St. and
continue southwestward on Rosecrans to Nimitz Boulevard; turn left (SE) onto
Nimitz Blvd.; turn left (east) onto N. Harbor Drive and cross over a channel of
San Diego Bay; turn left at the second opportunity onto McCain Road; turn left
(west) at the second street, which will take you to the edge of the channel and the
marine biology lab (silver/gray-topped building next to the channel on the
attached Google Earth image).
From I-5 northbound:
Continue past downtown San Diego from the south,
take the 18A exit to Pacific Highway and continue northwestward to the Barnett
Avenue exit; turn left onto Barnett Ave. and continue on to Rosecrans Street;
turn left onto Rosecrans; turn left (SE) onto Nimitz Blvd.; turn left (east) again
onto N. Harbor Drive and cross over a channel of San Diego Bay; turn left at the
second opportunity onto McCain Road; turn left (west) at the second street,
which will take you to the edge of the channel and the marine biology lab
(silver/gray-topped building next to the channel on the attached Google Earth
image.
If you are using Thomas Bros. maps, access is shown on pages 1268 and 1288
(from the north or east), or pages 1289, 1268 and 1288 (from the south).
The marine biology lab is the silver/gray-roofed building in the center of the
image adjacent to the channel to San Diego Bay. Park and enter at the north end
of the building.
Thank you:
We thank the San Diego City Marine Biology Lab and their staff
(Wendy Enright et al.) for allowing SCUM XVIII to meet again at this nice facility.
Thanks!