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Wednesday, 18 AprilTechnical Sessions (8am–5pm)Lunch (12pm–1pm)Joyner Lecture & Reception (6pm–8pm)Thursday, 19 AprilTechnical Sessions (8am–5pm)Lunch (12pm–1pm)Friday, 20 AprilField TripsThis schedule is subject to change.HOTEL INFORMATIONTown and Country Resort and Convention CenterThe Town and Country, a beautiful garden-filled resort,includes five restaurants, two swimming pools and a day spa.It is next door to a championship golf course and just minutesfrom downtown, Old Town, and other attractions via trolley.By making your reservation from this URL, you will beinsured the SSA conference rate. https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3640472Reasons to Stay at the Town and CountryWhen you stay at the conference hotel, you not only stay atthe most convenient location for the meeting, you help theSeismological Society. The hotel gives us a significant discounton our meeting rooms and food if we book a certain number ofguest rooms. We base the price of meeting registration on makingthat number. If we don’t meet that projection, SSA losesmoney on the meeting and our ability to serve our membersis reduced. This year we have negotiated an affordable roomrate and complimentary in-room Internet. We have blockedrooms in the nicest part of the hotel. Of course, you can stay atother hotels nearby, but you will have to pay for parking at theTown and Country (around $20/day), your room will not beas convenient, and you won’t have the satisfaction of knowingthat your room reservation is helping make the SSA AnnualMeeting a financial success.TRAVEL GRANTSModest travel grants are available to help defray some of thecosts for international SSA members and student SSA memberswho wish to attend the annual meeting in San Diego. Theapplication deadline is 30 November 2011.EligibilityAll grant recipients must be SSA members current through2012.• The International Travel Grant is available to SSA memberswho must travel from outside the US to attend theSSA meeting.• The Student Travel Grant is available to SSA student memberswho must travel more than 500 km (310 miles) toattend the meeting.• The ESC/SSA Travel Grant is available to any student travelingfrom a member-state of the European SeismologicalCommission. This grant is provided under a cooperativeagreement between SSA and ESC.All grant recipients must present their work in either an oral orposter session at the meeting.ApplicationTo apply for any of these awards, please submit an applicationelectronically via the online form at http://www.seismosoc.org/meetings/2012/travel_grants/. The application shouldstate which award you are applying for, provide reasons whyyou are a good candidate for the award, and include the text ofthe abstract for your presentation.DeadlineApplications must be received by SSA no later than 30 November2011. Applicants will be notified about their award status by4 January 2012, one week before the SSA deadline for abstractsubmission. The awards will be announced and the checks presentedat the Annual Luncheon during the SSA meeting.MembershipTo ensure that your membership is current, please renew yourmembership by logging into the members area of the SSA website(http://www.seismosoc.org/members). For more information,contact meetings@seismosoc.org.Seismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 6 November/December 2011 967