2004 Annual Coalition
Directors' Meeting
"Resource
Development: Charting
a Course for Sustainability"
The
NASSMC
Board of Directors will meet on March 17,
2004. All proceedings of the Coalition Directors Meeting
will take place on March 18-19,
2004 at:
The
Conference Center at the Maritime Institute
of
Technology &
Graduate
Studies
(MITAGS)
5700 Hammonds Ferry Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
www.mitags.com
There is no need to to make separate hotel reservations at MITAGS
-- your registration to the NASSMC conference will also guarantee
lodging at the Conference Center.
MITAGS
is located
just
a few
miles
from
Baltimore-Washington
International
Airport
BWI
and Amtrak.
The theme for NASSMC's 2004 meeting is Resource
Development: Charting a Course for Sustainability.
The conference will include major announcements
regarding new funding opportunities and enhanced
technical assistance resources now available
from NASSMC to state coalitions. Already scheduled
is
Peg Steffan of NASA Headquarters who will outline
NASSMC's involvement with the NASA Explorer Schools
Program. A
draft agenda is posted at http://www.nassmc.org/registration/Agenda2004.doc and
will be updated as information becomes available.
To
register for this conference, please complete the
entire registration form and submit it to NASSMC
with the appropriate payment.
Submit one form for each conference attendee. The final deadline
for registration to the NASSMC conference
is March 4, 2004.
Fees:
Register early and save...
$150.00
for registrations received before February 20,
2004
$175.00 for registrations received after February
20, 2004
| Member
Coalitions Benefit! NASSMC
will provide airfare (up to $600) and
accommodations at MITAGS for one conference
attendee per member coalition. Note that "member
coalition" refers to coalitions
whose $200 membership dues are current
through 2003. Coalition
Directors may pay NASSMC membership
dues along with conference registration.
To find out your coalitions'
membership status, please send an email
message to NASSMC. |
How
to Register: NASSMC now allows you the convenience of registering
on-line, by fax, or by mail -- depending on your intended method
of payment.
For
credit card payments: Register On-line
To pay by credit card, access our two-step on-line registration at www.nassmc.org/online
registration
For
all other forms of payment: Download printable
registration forms
If you're paying by check, credit card, or purchase order, download the pdf or MSWord version
of the registration form and return it:
- By fax --
with your credit card information or a copy of your purchase order --
to 703-516-5979
- By mail --
with your check, credit card information, or copy of your purchase order
-- to 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22201-3000
Confirmation:
A confirmation letter is your indication that your registration is complete.
You should receive a confirmation by fax or email 5-10 business days after
your payment has been received. If not, call 703-516-5970.
Cancellations
and Substitutions: All cancellations
must be received in writing by fax or email by March
1, 2004 for a full refund. No
refunds will be granted for cancellations made after that date. All refunds
will be issued after March 22, 2004. Substitutions may be made at anytime.
Persons not canceling and not attending the conference
will be responsible for payment of the registration
fee.
Make the most
of your NASSMC travel eligibility by planning to attend other DC-area Excellence
in Science, Technology
and
Mathematics Education (ESTME) Week activities, March March 15-20,
2004. NASSMC will participate again in the Triangle Coalition's Second-Annual
Coalition Policy Conference taking place on March 15-16.
Calendar
of 2004 ESTME Week Activities, Washington DC
March
15-16
Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Second
Annual Coalition Policy Conference, The Capitol Hill Club
March 16
Congressional visits; Triangle Coalition making reservations in advance
U.S. Department of Education's Summit on Science
March 18-19
NASSMC 2004 Annual Coalition Directors Meeting |
Upon request,
NASSMC will allow members to fly in early, and check in to MITAGS on March
16 or 17, to accommodate these other ESTME Week events.
Contact the Triangle
Coalition to register for their Second Annual Policy Conference.
Please note that registration to the NASSMC meeting does not include registration
with
the Triangle Coalition.
For more information,
contact the NASSMC staff at info@nassmc.org.
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