The Annual Meeting is scheduled for October 5-7, 2007, in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Conference Room, at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. The McGuire Center is located adjacent to the Powell Hall on the University campus and can be accessed directly off 34th St. and Hull Road.

Room Accommodations

The discount room rate of $129/night at the Hilton Hotel Convention Center will be available through September 3rd. Please contact the Hilton directly at (352) 371 3600.

Field Trips

Members attending the joint ATL/SLS meeting will have the opportunity to participate in the Friday field trips to Goethe State Forest lead by Jeff Slotten. Meals and drinks will not be provided nor will there be extra transportation. We will meet at the Powell Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History entrance in the Cultural Plaza at 9 a.m. on Friday morning, October 5th for the day trip.

Jeff will be leading the moth trip in the evening, and he will meet the group at the same place at 4:30 p.m. Members attending the evening trip should be prepared to pick up something fairly quick to eat (dinner nor drinks will be provided) and drive out to the Goethe Forest and organize in the parking lot of Forest Headquarters on route 337 just south of route 121. This is located southwest of Williston, Levy Co., Florida. James Adams and Irving Finklestein will be along on this trip, and the group plans to blacklight until 11:30 p.m. They will then pack up the lights and return to Gainesville so that members can rest and then be ready to attend the morning meeting presentations.

If you plan to attend these field trips, please contact Jeff Slotten via email at or via his cell phone (904 699 3478)

Presentations

We have received a number of papers and abstracts. If you want your paper and abstract to appear in the meeting program, this must be received no later than September 18th. Updated information concerning the program will be available on the websites. Please send titles and abstracts directly to Dr. Andrew Warren

Annual Banquet: Sonny’s Barbecue Buffet – Powell Hall Classroom

When you register, could you please let us know if you plan to attend the banquet so that we can make arrangements for that evening. We anticipate that 40-50 people will be present that evening.

Special speaker: Dr. Torben Larsen

Dr. Larsen, originally an economist and evaluation specialist, was awarded a doctorate from Copenhagen University for his monographs on the butterflies of Jordan, Oman, Yemen and Arabia and subsequently written additional volumes on Egypt, Kenya and more recently two volumes on the Butterflies of West Africa.

Door Prizes

Some authors have donated books, butterfly art and other goods. Please donate something for this special event.