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Welcome
Portland is a vibrant city with a thriving waterfront, great restaurants, and an active art community. The Holiday Inn by the Bay, our meeting location, has been used for two previous, highly successful NEGSA meetings, and upgraded facilities promise even better things for 2009.
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Northeastern Section, GSA
44th Annual Meeting
22-24 March 2009
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SETTING
The 44th Annual Meeting of GSA's Northeastern Section will be hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New England, the Maine Geological Survey, the Dept. of Geosciences at the University of Southern Maine, the Dept. of Geology at Bates College, the University of Maine, and the Geological Society of Maine. The Maine Water Conference, the Eastern Section SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), the Northeast Section of the Paleontological Society, the Eastern and New England Sections of the Association for Women Geoscientists, the Council on Undergraduate Research-Geology Division, and the Eastern and New England Sections of the National Association of Geology Teachers will be meeting in conjunction with the NEGSA meeting.
We will meet at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland, Maine 04101, USA. The Holiday Inn is within walking distance of the Old Port and the Arts District and numerous restaurants serving New England and ethnic fare. During the meeting, the Portland Museum of Art, which is convenient to the Holiday Inn, will have an exhibit "The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration in American Culture"; there is a separate fee for this event.
We look forward to seeing you!
Arthur Goldstein, General Chair
Robert G. Marvinney, Technical Program Chair