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10th CAVEPS and Quaternary Extinction Symposium
March 29 - April 2, 2005
Naracoorte, SA, Australia

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NOTICE: The server to the Winnipeg CANQUA abstract submission site has been periodically down for the past day or so. Please try again if you've been rebuffed; the format and address can be found on the meeting web site <http:www.umanitoba.ca/canqua>. We are extending the deadline until next week.

2^nd International Congress
“The World of Elephants”
Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA September 22-25,  2005

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Editor's Note
The Quaternary Times is now online at the AMQUA WWW site (www.usu.edu/~amqua). If you prefer the electronic version and do not want to receive future paper copies of the newsletter, then please let me know.
In addition to the newsletter, the AMQUA WWW site now includes the Directory of North American Quaternary Scientists. The Directory was originally edited and compiled by Steve Porter (past AMQUA President) and published by Academic Press, Inc as the July 1995 issue of Quaternary Research. The online version has been updated to include 1434 entries that can be navigated through an alphabetical listing of last names, or the database can be searched using the "find" command on your web browser. If your name is not in the Directory, then please submit a copy of the Directory information form that appears at the end of this newsletter or send me an e-mail message with the completed information so that it can be added to future editions of the Directory. If you have ideas about other items to add to the AMQUA home page, then please let me know.

Newsletter Deadlines
The regular deadlines for contributions to this newsletter are May 1st and November 1st. To represent better the multidisciplinary scope of the Association, I am particularly interested in receiving items that pertain to Quaternary Marine Geoprocesses, Paleobiology, and Archaeology. Please send items (photographs please!) to me at: Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505; fax: 801 797-1588; DKaufman@cc.usu.edu (preferred).

Darrell Kaufman
Newsletter Editor


The Directory of North American Quaternary Scientist

The Directory of North American Quaternary Scientists is now accessible via the AMQUA WWW site ( www.usu.edu/~amqua/directory). The Directory was originally published by Academic Press, Inc as the July 1995 issue of Quaternary Research (V44 (11). Compilation of the Directory was approved by the AMQUA Council in 1992 and it was published as a contribution to the XIV Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), which met in Berlin in August, 1995. As originally conceived, the Directory was to include only scientists from the United States, but the effort was subsequently broadened, with the help of the Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) and Quaternary scientists from Mexico, to encompass scientists from all of North America.

The 1434 entries in the Directory can be navigated through an alphabetical listing of last names, or it can be searched using the "find" command on your web browser. We are presently working to make the directory searchable using routines available on the server. In addition to the alphabetical listing, the Directory includes current business or home addresses, and telephone; fax, and email addresses. Other optional entries include each scientist's highest academic degree (school and year), scientific specialty, special geographic expertise, and time frame(s) of particular interest.

Owing to the difficulty in identifying and contacting all potential listees, and the need to obtain information in a limited time, we cannot claim that this Directory is all inclusive. Nevertheless, it does list most active researchers resident in North America who regard themselves as Quaternary scientists. The Directory includes active, employed scientists, as well as a few retired but still-active Quaternary researchers. Enrolled students were not included, except in cases where award of a graduate degree and acceptance of employment preceded the Directory's compilation.

All corrections and additions sent to the Editor since the original publication and as of November, 1996 have been added to the online version of the Directory. Every effort has been made to ensure that entries are correct: all entries were proofed at least twice after initial compilation. Nevertheless, given the scale of this project, some errors likely remain. Any detected errors, as well as any changes subsequent to publication, should be communicated to Darrell Kaufman, the Database Manager, via electronic mail, or submitted on a copy of the Directory information form that appears elsewhere in this newsletter, so that the database can be updated for future editions.

You can update your directory via this link or from the directory.

We intend to add to the Directory the names of all professional members of AMQUA not already included. If you are concerned about having your name and other information in the AMQUA membership directory assessable through the online database, then please contact the Database Manager. If you want to be sure that your name, plus the other optional information that is not part of the AMQUA membership directory, is included in the updated edition of the Directory of North American Quaternary Scientists, then please submit a copy of the Directory information form to the Database Manager at: Geology Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505; fax: 801-797 1588 or send an e-mail message with the completed information to Dkaufman@cc.usu.edu.

The AMQUA and CANQUA councils hope that this North American Directory will motivate other countries or multinational regions to embark on similar projects, so that eventually a global directory will be available. Several countries have already begun such an effort. Suggestions for improving the format or content of the Directory will be most welcome.

Stephen C. Porter
AMQUA Past President
and Directory Editor

Darrell S. Kaufman
Database Manager

Dues Time Again
Yes, it is that time of year again: Your AMQUA dues may be about to go into arrears. Check the mailing label on this newsletter. The number after your name is the year through which your dues are paid. If the number is 95 or 96, it is time to contribute to the treasury. Dues are $8/year for professionals and $4/year for students. Please pay your dues in at least 3-year increments. This will save both time and money of contacting you each year, inputting the data each year, acknowledging the receipt of the dues each year, and your time to write a check each year. If you chose to pay by credit card, payment must be a minimum of $24. There is a substantial charge for each card transaction and that reduces the amount that goes into the treasury and that can be used for promoting Quaternary studies.

For your convenience, a post-card reminder of dues payment has been inserted into this newsletter for those of you who are about to be delinquent. Please fill out the information requested on the post card and return it with your payment so that I can update your file if necessary. For those of you who provide me with an e-mail address, I will acknowledge receipt of the dues electronically. If you change your address, please let me know so that you won't miss any of the exciting newsletters.

Margaret J. Guccione
AMQUA Treasurer

Geology Department, OZAR-118, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701; 501-575-3354; fax: -3846; guccione@comp.uark.edu