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 AMSAT
2006 Space Symposium
The 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium Planning Committee hosted by the Project
OSCAR Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that the 2006 Space Symposium
will be held at the Crowne Plaza San Francisco Mid-Peninsula hotel in
Foster City, California.
The dates of the Symposium and surrounding activities will begin on the
5th of October and run through the 11th of
October, 2006.
Why so long? This year's Symposium will be include the AMSAT Board meeting,
AMSAT General Membership Meeting, the ARISS International Delegates Meeting,
a meeting of the IARU Satellite Advisors Committee and AMSAT International
Delegates. It's going to be a busy weekend!
"We are very excited to host the Symposium here in the San Francisco
Bay Area" says Project OSCAR VP Emily Clarke who is also co-chair
for the planning committee. "We are especially pleased to chose the
Crowne Plaza as it fills more qualifications based on what the membership
indicated was
important in our recent survey. It is spacious, has affordable food services,
excellent rooms and free shuttles to shopping and commuter rail service.
Even more important, according to the survey, there is free high speed
internet in the rooms, meeting spaces, dining spaces and even the swimming
pool! We also invite AMSAT Symposium attendees to stay for
Pacificon, the ARRL Pacific Division Convention which will be held the
following weekend."
The AMSAT web team has posted informational pages on the AMSAT web site.
You can find the announcement with many links at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium
Future announcements including the Call For Papers, Online Registration
and Online Hotel Registration will be available approximately 1 April
2006.
Emily, W0EEC
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