Joy and I will plan to be there (we're not square..........just a little round!!!! :-) Tom Loomis Norm Saunders wrote: > Dear 'spreyers (heh, heh), > > Some time ago I issued a rash invitation to all of you to get > together at the 1998 Annual MOS Conference for some chit-chat, a > glass of wine or whatever, and the opportunity to put faces with > names, for those of us who haven't met. > > Well, Lou DeMouy, our Conference Coordinator, has done us up just > fine! We have the Spruce Room from 8:30 - 10:30 p.m. on Friday > evening, after dinner and after our speaker. Mayhap we'll NEED that > glass of wine by then??? > > So, all are invited (all MDOspreyers, that is) but we'd like to > have a very rough head count so we know what we need to provide in > the way of refreshments. If you'll be at Wisp and even THINK you'd > like to attend, leave us a note to confirm (osprey@ari.net or > saunderf@ari.net). > > Now, I know the opportunity to spend two hours in our company > should have all of you hopping out to Western Maryland, but just in > case that's NOT enough to convince you... > > Be it known that Mr. Mark Hoffman, gull watcher and bird photographer > extraordinaire, has volunteered to lead us all down the true path (or > so he describes it...grin) in the finer points of The Gull. I for > one am excited by the prospect of seeing Mark's photos of The Gull > and maybe getting some good discussion going about the bird, like > how was it Fran and I got to see three of them the morning we were > up there???. Mark, thank you for volunteering to share all this with > us! > > Once again, PLEASE let us know if you'll be able to drop > in...remember, the Spruce Room, 8:30-10:30 Friday evening, May 15. > > Be there or be square.... > > Norm & Fran > > =============== > Norm Saunders > Colesville, MD > osprey@ari.net