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NANNO NEWS August 2008

NEWS AND GOSSIP INA12

INA12 is rapidly approaching and will be held in beautiful Lyon, France. As usual, I'm looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting new people, and learning more about nannofossil research. It's a definite plus that this year's venue provides a wonderful opportunity to sample some French wines! However, business needs to be combined with pleasure. With this in mind, please take a moment to scan the Treasurer's report and financial summary at the end of this document; discussion of finances is always part of the biannual business meeting held at INA. Additionally, if you have any questions/concerns regarding INA policy or JNR, please come prepared to discuss them.

So, here's wishing everyone safe travel, and I hope to see you in shortly in Lyon, France. Adieu!

SECRETARY / TREASURER'S REPORT

Please note that the year after your name on the mailing label is the year through which your dues are paid. For example, “2008” means that your dues will expire on December 31, 2008.

Our credit card terminal “died” several months ago, and we made an executive decision not to purchase another one based on the cost ($675 for a new machine and $100 in annual fees) and the fact that only a few people used that option in the previous year. Most people pay through PayPal at the INA Web site (www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites.ina/in a/inapayment.htm), and it has worked very well. However, we can still accept your payment with a credit card. Mitch Covington set up an INA dues payment page on his Bugware Web site (www.bugware.com). Look for the "Credit Cards" button on the lower right portion of the page. On the next page you can select from professional dues ($50) or student fees (which were reduced from $25 to $15 beginning in 2007). We can also accept dues payment by direct wire transfer to the INA bank account (please contact me for the necessary information), check, international postal money order, or UNESCO coupons. If you choose to pay by check, please make your dues payment to “International Nannoplankton Association”. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE YOUR CHECKS PAYABLE TO ME PERSONALLY.

There are only 11 copies available of A Guide to Extant Coccolithophore Taxonomy. The INA has sold out of its stock, and Markus Geisen has graciously agreed to sell us copies as needed from his private cache. These can be purchased at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/i na/meetings/coccoguide.htm. Other publications are available, so have a look at the INA Web site if you need to add to your library.

Woody Wise just let me know that Version 2008.9.4 (i.e., Version 4) of the INA CD-ROM will be available at the Lyon meeting; it will include the same NannoWare databases but includes a new "Cenozoic Antarctic DiatomWare" database (Alpha version, dated 2007, on a separate disk). People who want the DiatomWare database can trade in their older CD free of charge at the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting, please send your CD to me and I will send you one of the newer CDs as soon as I get the “leftovers” (hopefully by late September).

IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you move, please send your new address to me as soon as possible so your copy of the JNR does not get lost in the mail.

NEW MEMBERS

ADDRESS CHANGES

NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES

Financial Report for the U.S. Account of the International Nannoplankton Association for August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2008

Financial Report for the U.S. Account of the International Nannoplankton Association for August 1, 2006 through July 31, 2008