Announcements

8/2/2007

This is a friendly reminder that the EARLY CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE is this FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. Please visit the 137th Annual Meeting Website registration page http://web.fisheries.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31 to save $100 on your member or non-member registration rate. All attendees including presenters and students must register for the conference. Please see the annual meeting supplement in Fisheries Magazine or visit our website www.fisheries.org/sf/ for details.

If you have not reserved lodging at one of our overflow hotels - please do not delay. Both the Parc 55 and Handlery Union Square are filling rapidly. Contact information for both hotels can be found at http://web.fisheries.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=48. Due to overwhelming demand, our room block at the Marriott was expanded three times and is completely filled with over 5,300 cumulative room nights. San Francisco hosts more than 16 million tourists a year - please reserve your hotel room immediately!

Thanks - see you in San Francisco!

David Manning - General Chair

Lourdes Rugge - Registration Chair

The 137th Annual Meeting is fast approaching. As many of you already know, the 2007 Urban Fishing Symposium is one of 61 symposia being held during the meeting. If you are planning to attend any of the Urban Fishing Symposium sessions or the social event, the symposium organizers ask that you please register for the Urban Fishing Symposium. There is no cost to register for the Urban Fishing Symposium, but it is imperative that you register so that we can properly plan for the symposium. If you are in the process of registering for the annual meeting, registering for the Urban Fishing Symposium easily can be accomplished on the current printable and online registration forms. If you have already registered for the annual meeting and did not notice the sign up or have changed your mind and do want to attend, you can register by simply emailing your name to tlang@uaex.edu. This will ensure that you receive the correct registration packet when you check-in to the meeting. Thank you for your time.

Trout Day Volunteer Spots are filling up fast!

If you are interested in volunteering at the Trout Day kids fishing event at Lake Merced you should contact Tom Lang as soon as possible. Spots are limited by our availability to transport volunteers to the event and they are filling up fast. For additional information on Trout Day see the Urban Fishing Symposium website http://www.uaex.edu/uapbstudent/UrbanFishing/2007.htm.

Microsoft Powerpoint on the PC platform is required. MacIntosh users should convert and test their presentations on a PC before the meeting.

All speakers must bring a copy of their presentation on a USB memory stick. To keep sessions running smoothly and on time, presenters will not be allowed to load presentations onto in-session computers nor will presenters be allowed to use personal laptops. All presentations must be checked-in and loaded on a mainframe computer in the speaker-ready room located in the Willow Room on Golden Gate Hall Level B2. Presentations will be saved to session computers via a server connection from the mainframe. At check-in, AFS and Marriot AV staff will convert presentations to Powerpoint shows if necessary and hyperlink presentations to in-session agendas. All presenters should save/name their file using the following rules: last name, session date/time, and session name (e.g., Fuller_Sept3_1030_Steelhead Cons.ppt). Presenters must check-in their talks the day before their session. Monday (September 3) afternoon presenters must check in their presentations by 12:00 PM. Presenters may update their saved presentation the day of their session but it must occur by 7:30 AM for morning sessions or 12:00 PM for afternoon sessions.

Sunday (September 2) 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Monday-Wednesday (September3-5) 7:00 am to 6:00 pm

Thursday (September 6) 7:00AM to 1:00 pm

Projection screens and computers will also be available in the speaker check-in room (same hours) for presenters to review their presentations with the projection settings that will be used in the session rooms.

The maximum poster size this year is 42" high x 44" wide (107 cm high x 112 cm wide), which is ½ of one side of a poster board. NO EXCEPTIONS. Presenters are required to assemble and disassemble their own poster. We will provide the poster boards and push pins. General guidelines for poster development can be found at the "Guidelines for Developing Posters" section of the AFS 2007 website: http://web.fisheries.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=39

Poster set-up on Monday, September 3, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in Yerba Buena Ballroom Salon 9, which is next to the Trade Show. Posters not set up by 6:30 PM will be considered a no-show and a replacement poster from the wait list may be selected. Poster check-in will be at several tables in the foyer outside of Salon 9. There will be updated maps of poster assignments available at the check-in tables and at several locations in Salon 9.

Authors should be by their posters from 6:00 to 8:30 PM, Monday, September 3, during the Trade Show and Poster Social.

Posters can be viewed on Monday, September 3, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM during the Trade Show and Poster Social and from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 4 and 5.

The official poster take-down times will be Wednesday, September 5, from 5:00 to 6 PM and Thursday, September 6, from 8 AM to noon. Unless alternative arrangements are made in advance, posters that are not removed from the display boards by noon Thursday will be discarded.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Kathy Hieb

AFS 2007 Poster Chair

209-942-6078

khieb@dfg.ca.gov

The editors of the "Proceedings of the 2007 Urban Fishing Symposium" have decided to extend the deadline for manuscript and management briefs from September 1, 2007 to September 14, 2007. The editors believe that this will allow for the authors to incorporate any suggestions that they may receive after delivering their presentation at the symposium. Ultimately, the editors believe that this will make the manuscripts and ultimately the proceedings an even better publication.

As a part of the learning experience of the urban fishing symposium we invite you to bring some of your program's marketing and promotional items to display and giveaway. There will be a table set up at the social for these items. The purpose of this table is to generate ideas for promotional items and give participants tangible items to take home for their program to implement. Examples of items currently used by programs include temporary fish tattoos, hand towels with program logos on them, DVD's about your program, and t-shirts shrink wrapped into the shape of a channel catfish. The organizers believe that this has the potential to directly influence the efficiency of program marketing campaigns. If you would like to participate, please contact Rick Walsh Rick.walsh@dnr.state.mn.us or Mark Nemeth mark.nemeth@dnr.state.mn.us to ensure we have enough space available to include your items.

7/23/07 "AFS has issued poster guidelines for the 2007 Annual Meeting. They can be viewed by clicking here."

6/29/07 Important AFS 2007 Meeting Lodging Update from David Manning (Meeting General Chair) - " Please note that the Downtown San Francisco Marriott is completely sold-out on the night of Thursday, September 6 and has very limited availability on other conference dates. The 2007 Planning Committee anticipated high attendance in San Francisco and has room blocks at the same $140 AFS conference rate at the Parc 55 and Handlery Union Square Hotels. Pleasevisit the Annual Meeting Website and scroll to the bottom of the lodging page for reservation links to these properties. Both beautifully appointed hotels are a very short walk from the Marriott. As always, please do not delay making your reservations. We suspect the Parc 55 and Handlery will also fill to capacity."

6/15/07 "Presenters that have been awarded travel grants to assist them in attending the AFS Annual Meeting and Urban Fishing Symposium in San Fransisco, CA, can now download a reimbursement form at this site to obtain their travel grant funds."

6/5/07 "All speakers are required to bring their presentation on a flash-drive and presentations should be developed using Microsoft Powerpoint."

5/25/07 "To help us better organize and plan the symposium and social please make sure that you check the box on your annual meeting registration form that indicates you will be attending the Urban Fishing Symposium. There is no additional cost to your registration for this but it is imperative to our planning efforts that you do so."

5/25/07 "If you want to stay at the meeting hotel and not one of the overflow hotels be sure to book your rooms right away. The Marriot is filling up fast. To book your rooms go to the Annual Meeting page http://www.fisheries.org/sf/ and click on the Plan Your Trip tab."

For questions and comments about this website, please contact Cliff Hutt  chutt@uaex.edu.