Dear colleagues,. This is a short reminder that the Mexican Society for Marine Mammals (SOMEMMA) is holding their *XXXIV International Meeting for the Study of Marine Mammals *next month in Querétaro City, May 12 - 15. The meeting´s theme this year is "*Multidisciplinarity as a strategy to solve marine mammal conservation conundrums*". The keynote speakers are Frances Gulland, Mariano Sironi, Laura Martinez-Levasseur and Ileana Espejel. For the first time, the organizers have arranged for simultaneous Spanish-English translation, so even if your Spanish is rusty (or non-existent), please attend. Travel logistics are surprisingly easy and Querétaro is a beautiful city. You can fly directly to the Querétaro Airport from Houston, Dallas, Monterrey, Tijuana or Cancun. Or fly to México City and take land transportation between the Mexico City aiport and the city of Querétaro (about 3 hours). Or fly to Aguascalientes (2.5 hours away) from Dallas, Los Angeles, Houston, or Tijuana For more information, please follow this link: http://kacevedow.wix.com/somemma34reunion Best regards, Sally Mizroch North American representative to the SOMEMMA board. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Sally A. Mizroch Alaska Fisheries Science Center National Marine Mammal Laboratory 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4 Seattle, WA 98115, USA voice: (206) 526-4030 fax: (206) 526-6615 e-mail: Sally.Mizroch@noaa.gov The contents of this message are mine personally and do not necessarilyreflect any position of NOAA.