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SAVE THE DATE!!!
OFWIM
2005 Conference & Annual Meeting
October
17-21, 2005
Ramada Inn & Conference Center - Tallahassee, FL
Protecting
Fish and Wildlife Through Technology
Integration of Data, Devices and Systems
The
Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers will hold its 2005
conference and annual
meeting in Tallahassee, Florida. The meeting will be held from October 17
through October 21, 2005, at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center.
Program
Agenda (updated)
(pdf) NEW!
Best
Presentation and Best Poster Awards
Student
Scholarship Award -
apply now!!
OFWIM
is looking for volunteers! We need volunteers to help with the
meeting facility, attracting vendors, soliciting raffle items, and the like. If you are
interested, please contact Amy Martin, OFWIM Secretary at Amy.Martin@dgif.virginia.gov.
Conference
Location - Ramada Inn and Conference Center, Tallahassee, FL
Meeting
Registration
Internet
Access
"What's
New in ArcGIS9" Course
Field
Trips
Conference
Location - Ramada Inn and Conference Center, Tallahassee, FL
OFWIM
2005 is being held at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in
Tallahassee, Florida. The hotel is located just south of U.S.
Interstate 10. The hotel is equipped with a pool, restaurant,
and full service bar. The hotel is in close proximity to a
number of restaurants and shopping venues, the state capitol
building, movie theaters, and many opportunities to see natural
Florida.
Special
Conference Room Rate: $75.00 (single and
double). Rates
are also valid three days prior to and three days after meeting
dates.
The
OFWIM room
block will be held until September 23, 2005. Rates are still good
after, but no guarantee on room availability. Hotel reservations: 850-386-1027. Mention “OFWIM
Meeting”.
While
other lodging is available in close proximity to the meeting venue,
we strongly encourage you to stay at the Ramada Inn and Conference
Center to ensure that OFWIM meetings its minimum room
obligations.
Additional
benefits for staying at the Ramada Inn:
- Room rate
includes (1) breakfast coupon per guestroom (hot and cold
breakfast buffet).
- 20% discount
for all meals not provided by conference (at the on-site
restaurant -- Monroe Street Grille)
- Free shuttle to
and from Tallahassee
Regional
Airport
- Free Hotel
Shuttle within a 5-mile radius of hotel
7 am – 11 pm
daily
- Free use of
Fitness
Center, Wet & Dry Sauna, and Jacuzzi
Travel
Arrangements:
Tallahassee has a local airport (Tallahassee Regional
Airport). Rental car companies are located inside the
airport terminal (across from the baggage claim area).
Call the Ramada (850-386-1027) for free shuttle service to the
hotel. Other options for flying in to larger regional
airports include Atlanta (4-5 hours travel to Tallahassee by
car), Jacksonville, FL (3 hours travel to Tallahassee by car),
Orlando, FL, and Tampa, FL (4+ hours travel to Tallahassee by
car).
Meeting
Registration
Registration
form
(pdf)
Online
registration
(register online; send a check or get an invoice)
Members:
Early Registration $260 Late
Registration $275
Non-members: Early Registration
$275 Late Registration $290
Student Registration: $150
One-Day Registration: $150
Additional
Guest Tickets:
Hacker's Ball (Tuesday, October 18): $20 each
Banquet (Wednesday, October 19): $30 each
Early
Registration deadline is September 20, 2005!!
Meeting
registration fee includes:
- Welcome Social – Monday, October 17
(light hors d’ oeuvres and cash bar)
- Hacker’s Ball – Tuesday, October 18 (hot and cold hors d’
oeuvres and cash bar)
- Lunch/Business Meeting – Wednesday, October 19
- Banquet – Wednesday, October 19
Internet
Access
This
year, OFWIM will support wireless internet during the meeting,
presentations, and Hacker’s Ball. Participants are asked to
indicate if they will need wireless internet connection for their
presentation when making room reservations. OFWIM will cover
the cost for the connection for those individuals needing this for
their session presentation or Hacker's Ball presentation. All rooms
have regular dial-up internet connections that attendees will be
responsible for if they need it.
Presenters
will have the opportunity to showcase web-based applications
"live" at the Hacker’s Ball. Interested individuals should contact Sabra
Schwartz (sschwartz@azgfd.gov) for details on Hacker's Ball
opportunities and requirements.
"What's
New in ArcGIS9" Course
A
one-day "What's
New in ArcGIS9"
(pdf)
course will be offered in conjunction with the 2005 OFWIM
Conference. The training session will be held off-site of the
Ramada Inn on October 21. Individuals interested in the course should
contact David Kelly directly at (805) 668-4022 or kellyd@frcgis.com.
Field
Trips
Two
field trips are scheduled on Monday October 17th. These
trips are a half-day each and are organized sequentially so that
both together constitute a whole day. This is an excellent
opportunity to enjoy and learn about northern Florida's unique
environment and wildlife! Come and join with fellow OFWIM
members on this fun-filled kickoff to the meeting!
Field
trips may have a fee associated with them (entrance fee,
transportation cost). A minimum number of people may be
required for a field trip to occur.
Monday
morning: St.
Marks National Wildlife Refuge
About 20 miles
south of Tallahassee, 68,000 acres
along the Gulf
Coast
of northwest Florida, This wildlife-rich area contains
multiple habitat types, including upland forests, forested swamps, fresh and
brackish water marshes, and the wildlife species associated with
them.
Monday afternoon: Wakulla Springs State Park
14 miles south of Tallahassee, 2,860 acres. This is one of the
world's largest and deepest freshwater springs. Boat tours are
offered daily (glassbottom and riverboat tours). Shallow
marshes along the river, old-growth forests, upland hardwood forets
and longleaf pine forests are not to be missed. This is a
great place to see limpkins, wading birds, and bald eagles.
If time permits, participants may be able to
visit:
Leon
Sinks Geological Area
Seven miles
south of Tallahassee, this unusual
section of the Apalachicola
National Forest features more than a dozen dry and
wet sinkholes which have formed in longleaf pine flatwoods and
hardwood hammock. Loop
trails are about three to four
miles long. The
observation platform at Big Dismal Sink offers a breathtaking view
of more than 75 different plants cascading down the sink’s steep
walls.
For more
information about the meeting, contact
us at ofwim@ofwim.org.
(Note that some of
the documents included are provided in PDF format, which requires
that you install or have access to the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader.)
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