Hi folks,
Are you interested in hosting the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference next year? This years MEEC committee is looking for proposals from graduate student groups to host MEEC 2011. Proposals are due on Friday, April 23, 2010. Please limit your proposal to 2 pages including the following information: 1. The name of the student organization that plans to officially host MEEC 2011 (having a student organization host MEEC is both traditional and practical, as it makes scheduling events on campus, etc., much, much easier), 2. proposed conference dates for MEEC 2011, 3. venue availability, 4. why your institution is ideal for hosting MEEC 2011 5. brief details about possible interesting field trip sites near your institution 6. a short description about your intuitions ecology and/or evolution program (research, academics, etc), 7. any pledged sponsorships obtained thus far, 8. any other information you feel might help us know why your institution is the best host for MEEC 2011, 9. the typed signatures of the proposed MEEC 2011 Organizing Committee Chairman and the President/Chairman of your proposed hosting student organization. 10. Please include your plans to integrate a sustainability effort with MEEC 2011. In addition, the 2011 host will receive up to $5,000 in carryover from MEEC 2010. Please send your proposal via email to 2010i...@midwesteec.org Cheers, Erik Otárola-Castillo MEEC 2010 Organizing Committee Chair _____________________________________________ Erik Otárola-Castillo Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program 253 Bessey Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1050 Phone 631-796-7331 <http://www.public.iastate.edu/~eotarola/homepage.html> http://www.public.iastate.edu/~eotarola/homepage.html ______________________________________________
