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Proposed 2004 Section Meeting
in Anchorage, Alaska
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The University of Alaska Anchorage has submitted
their campus as a candidate host site for the annual Pacific Northwest Section
meeting in the summer of 2004. The proposal was discussed at the section
business meeting last spring, and a motion was passed to solicit the opinion of
the section membership prior to making a final decision on the proposal. The Executive
Committee invites you to submit your thoughts about holding a section
meeting in Alaska. Please take a few minutes
right now to fill out the online survey form.
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As a part of their proposal, UAA has offered to
provide campus housing at a very low cost. This would provide an excellent
opportunity to visit Alaska and explore its natural beauty with very inexpensive
lodging during the height of the tourist season. It is expected that many of
those attending the meeting will extend their visit to Alaska for touring, and
UAA plans to assist members with tour arrangements. In fact, if enough members
request tours, they can arrange for groups trips to many of the wonderful summer
locales around the state.
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Downtown
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The drawbacks of having a meeting in Alaska are
obvious: The bulk of our membership is far away from Alaska, which could make
attending such a meeting prohibitively expensive. As a result, our attendance at
the meeting might be much lower than usual. In addition, it would be impossible
for most students to attend the meeting.
On the other hand, because of the unique
location, it is possible that we will attract many members to this meeting who
might otherwise not attend a section meeting. We would also plan to advertise
the meeting in newsletters of other MAA sections in hopes that the location
might attract members from other sections to the meeting as well.
Our section includes all or part of the states of
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington as well as the provinces of
Alberta, British Columbia, and Northwest Territories. Regardless of the location
of our section meeting, attendance at section meetings is always a challenge for
many of our members (particularly those in Alaska) because of the vast size of
the section. In fact, 18 of our last 20 meetings have been held in Washington,
Oregon, or Vancouver, BC. The other two were in Idaho and Montana. We have never
held a section meeting in Alaska. This would provide a wonderful opportunity for
our Alaska members to attend a section meeting.
We would like to extend our thanks to the
Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage for
their excellent work in putting together a proposal for this meeting. They have
done an
We would like to extend our thanks to the
Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage for
their excellent work in putting together a proposal for this meeting. They have
done an
wonderful job of putting together this proposal and laying the
groundwork for a very successful meeting far in advance of the actual meeting
date. We are deeply appreciative of the effort involved.
Please fill out the online survey
about the possibility of an Alaska meeting as soon as possible!
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