Dear all, apologies for cross posting.

This is a message to all those with an interest in attending the 
postponed International Paleolimnology Symposium in Guadalajara.  You 
will remember that we made an announcement on the 12th May that we 
intended to hold the re-scheduled meeting in June 2010.  However, we 
have now become aware that the financial penalties for such a long 
delay will be unacceptable for many intending participants, and that 
there is a stronger case for holding the meeting sooner rather than 
later.  On that basis the IPA Executive Committee has today agreed 
that the re-arranged meeting will now be held this year from December 
15th to 18th.  It will clash with the annual AGU meeting in San 
Francisco, but that in the circumstances sadly becomes 
unavoidable.  We can only ask those that might have attended both 
meetings to make a choice.

On behalf of the committee I want to apologise for this switch in our 
decision and I do hope that everyone who had planned to attend the 
original meeting this summer will be able to re-arrange their 
schedules for December.  I hope also that those who were unable to 
attend in June this year might now be able to meet up in December as 
well. Margarita Caballero will be providing details of the new 
arrangements for December as soon as possible.

Margarita also has the problem of sorting out the issues surrounding 
the cancellation of the June meeting.  No doubt many of you will need 
to contact her to discuss your personal circumstances, especially 
those of you who need your registration fees repaid, but please 
remember how much pressure she is under at this moment and be both 
patient and understanding in your communications!

Despite the problems of the last few weeks in remains an exciting 
venue for our conference and I have no doubt the conference will be a 
great success.  Please do come along!

Regards to all

Rick Battarbee (IPA Chair)