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IJW / Laboratory and Theory Discipline
The events of September 11, 2001, have affected all of us in one way or another. Some of the effects will be short-term, transitory phenomena. Others effects may have longer-term implications. Those of us who share the fruits of our labor and exciting new ideas with our colleagues at scientific meetings will find that our past experience with travel may not be what we have in the future. We may also find that LARGE, INTERNATIONAL meetings at government laboratories become difficult, perhaps even impossible, at least in the short term. Unfortunately, this is the case for the 33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Because of security procedures that are now in place at the Johnson Space Center, and the uncertainty as to when those would be relaxed to a point that we could run the LPSC as we have in the past, we must change the venue of the Conference. This year the LPSC, both oral and poster sessions, will be held at the South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center, which is located almost directly across Clear Lake from JSC. Another consequence of this change is that we will have to move the time of the LPSC back one week. ***THE NEW DATES FOR THE LPSC ARE MARCH 11–15, 2002.*** The second announcement and additional logistical information should be available no later than October 12 on the meeting Web site: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2002 It is our hope and expectation that steps will be taken at JSC to permit easier public access to the Gilruth Center by the time of the 34th LPSC. We regret any inconvenience that these changes may cause, but hope that you will bear with us, and more importantly, with the LPI staff as they adjust on the fly to what is a major logistical change. Sincerely, Carl Agee and David
C. Black DPS ELECTION REMINDER The snail-mailing
of the DPS ballots is now out, although it seems to have been slow arriving,
perhaps due to the aftermath of Sept. 11. The voting deadline is OCTOBER
17. This is the deadline for receipt by the Secretary-Treasurer, not a
postmark deadline. If you have not yet received the mailing and want to
be sure your vote is received on time, you may print the ballot below
and snail mail it to me. If you do this, be sure to identify yourself
legibly either on the ballot, or on the envelope return address. Alan Harris If you have not yet
voted and wish to do so electronically, you can use this ballot and return
it by e-mail as instructed. The candidate statements were sent out by
e-mail on 9/19/01, or can be found on the web at If you have forgotten whether you've already voted, or changed your mind, feel free to cast another ballot (vote early, vote often). Each ballot received is checked against the member list and only the most recently received one will be counted. PLEASE CUT HERE AND RETURN ONLY THE BALLOT TO awharris@lithos.jpl.nasa.gov or snail-mail to address above, be sure to identify yourself on the envelope. Vice-Chair: DPS Committee (vote
for 2): For questions, comments, or to be added to the subscription list, please notify: Julianne I. Moses moses@lpi.usra.edu
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