Dear MARMAM Readers, SMM BIENNIAL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: "SOCPROG and the analysis of animal social structure using individual identifications" When: Sunday, 11 December 2005, afternoon session Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego (conference venue) Summary: The computer program SOCPROG is used by marine mammalogists, and others, to examine social structure, usually using data from photo-identifications. However, analyzing social structure and using SOCPROG are not straightforward. The workshop plans to provide guidance in these matters, using onscreen real-time analyses of real data. Participants do not need to have experience in using SOCPROG (although this will help). There is the possibility that those with their own data sets who are registered for the workshop may be able to arrange a brief meeting with Hal during his free time while he?s at the conference to discuss their concerns and go over their own analyses. Please email me if you would be interested in a separate meeting with Hal. The length of time for these meetings will depend on the number of people who are interested. We will update those who register on this if we can arrange the time in Hal?s schedule. Chair: Hal Whitehead Organizer: Tonya Wimmer E-mails: twimmer@dal.ca; Hal.Whitehead@Dal.Ca Registration fee until October 31, 2005: $45 US Registration fee after October 31, 2005: $55 US Registration and cancellation deadline: November 15, 2005 Cancellations will be refunded by cheque only Visit : http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/SOCPROGworkshop.htm for workshop information and details on how to register. If you have any problems with the website or the registration form, please email us. Please note that Tonya will be away from September 11-26th and will only have limited access to her email. If you have any questions about registration, please email us and we?ll get back to you as soon as we can. Also note that if you send a cheque during this time, it will not be cashed until she returns. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop. Many thanks for your interest, Tonya and Hal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tonya Wimmer, MSc. Biology NS Marine Animal Response Society 1-866-567-6277 & Dalhousie University, Halifax http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/tw/tonya.htm - You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star - Nietzsche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~