## Registration Form for the

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## Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting 

9-13 March, 2009

Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

Salutation:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ First
name:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Last name:
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(Dr., Ms., Mrs., Mr.)

Title:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Institution:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Street
address:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

City:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
State:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Zip
code:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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Phone:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
E-mail:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Please check one main category and any subcategories below that apply.:

**□** Professional (before 15 January) - \$250 USD

**□** Professional (after 15 January) - \$325 USD

> **□** For Latin American Professionals, please check here if you plan
> to pay at conference. This option is not available for Canadian or
> U.S. participants.

**□** Travel Award recipient (paid through award; do not include
payment)

Checking here indicates that you have applied for a Travel Award.

**□** Student (non-presenter) - \$125 USD

University:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Dept.:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

> **□** For Latin American students, please check here if you plan to
> pay at conference. This option is not available for Canadian or U.S.
> participants.

**□** Travel Award recipient (paid through award; do not include
payment)

Checking here indicates that you have applied for a Travel Award.

**□** Student (presenter) -- fee waived

Please Provide Abstract
Title:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**□** Banquet ticket for Friday (add \$25 to your registration)

(no registration fee is required for guests but they must pay for the
banquet -- see below)

**□** Guest receptions: \$25 USD for Banquet, snack food for remaining
events free

Monday Social Event to Start Meeting, cash bar

Tuesday Poster Presentation and Silent Auction, cash bar

Thursday To be Determined

Friday Banquet, cash bar

**□** Check if you wish to attend the Demographics Workshop

□ Check if you wish to attend the MIGRATE Workshop

Field trips (see <http://www.senderomexico.com/senderobirding/whsg> for
description)

□ Foothills of the Sierre Madre- \$125 USD □ Cosala & Playa Cente -
\$125 USD

□ Tufte Jay Preserve - \$125 USD □ Teacapan/Marismas Nacionales - \$125
USD

Total enclosed: \$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ USD Payable to the
Great Circle Institute

**Registration Instructions**

**Payment and Submission**

Payment can ONLY be accepted as a check, money order, or cashier's check
(payable to Great Circle Institute) in US dollars. Note Western
Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting on check. **Credit cards or purchase
orders can not be accepted.** Government workers in the U.S. will first
have to pay cash out of their pocket and then use a 1164 form to get
reimbursed. **Non-US/Canadian participants can pay cash on arrival at
the meeting, but should pre-register (please check appropriate box above
if you wish to do this).**

No single-day registration fee will be offered. Registration fees will
be fully refunded if cancellation requests are made before 20 February
2009. No refunds will be made after 20 February 2009.

Please complete the one-page registration form, enclose with payment,
and mail to or send overnight courier to:

Great Circle Institute

C/o: Ayme Johnson

330 Pettis Road Anchorage, AK 99515-3349

Phone 907-344-0152

Fax 888-241-2069

Registrations that do not require payment (travel awardees, student
presenters) should (if possible) open document in WORD, type in their
information, and e-mail completed form to
<greatcircleinstitute@gmail.com>. Please try to do this if at all
possible. If not, people can fax registration forms to 888-241-2069.

**Confirmation/Receipts**

E-mail confirmations will be sent to registrants within two weeks of
receiving registration forms. Receipts will be available in registration
packets at the meeting, beginning at 7 am on Monday, 9 March 2009.

**Personal Guests**

Personal guests (spouses, friends, etc.) will not be charged a general
registration fee for attending meeting evening events, but need to pay
for the banquet and drinks. Name badges will be issued to registered
guests. Reception venues and offerings are listed below.

**G** Monday Social Event to Start Meeting, cash bar

**G** Tuesday Poster Presentation and Silent Auction, cash bar

**G** Thursday To be Determined

**G** Friday Banquet, cash bar

**Lodging/Logistics**

Participants are expected to make their own lodging and travel
arrangements (see below). **There is a \$20 shuttle ride fee for
roundtrip ride from the Hotel Playa Mazatlan to the airport.** [Note
that lodging room blocks will only be held until 15 December 2008. It is
possible this may be extended if we have at leas 40 rooms reserved prior
to this date. Please call and book at least one night of stay at the
hotel as soon as possible.]{.mark}

**Questions?**

Contact Richard Lanctot at <Richard_lanctot@fws.gov> or 907-786-3609 if
you have any general questions. Ayme Johnson at
greatcircleinstitute@gmail.com for questions regarding registration. If
you need assistance with lodging reservations please contact Guillermo
Fernandez at <gfernandez@ola.icmyl.unam.mx> or Xico Vega at
xicovega@manomet.org

**AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED!!**

We are seeking donations for items for a silent auction that will be
held at the 3^rd^ Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting to raise
funds for Latin Americans to travel to future meetings. Any and all
items are welcome! Consider bringing something special from your part of
the world to donate. We also welcome books and field guides, new or used
equipment (binoculars or other optics, tripods, field supplies etc.),
services (e.g. statistical advice, free sample analyses in your lab,
etc.), jewelry, art, decorations, photos, prints, or even software! This
is a great opportunity to recycle valuable items sitting unused in your
labs and offices. Corporate sponsors are encouraged to donate equipment
or supplies. All sponsors will be acknowledged in the meeting schedule
and if desired, have their company logo added to the document. All items
not purchased will be donated to biologists that make requests. If you
have suitable items to donate, or questions, please bring them with you
to the meeting venue, and contact Andrea Pomeroy
(<apomeroy@jacqueswhitford.com>) so she can do an inventory.

**Hotel Reservations**

**Hotel Playa Mazatlan** (meeting location)

Special rates for the meeting are:

\$89.00 usd +18% tax, per night Single or Double occupancy Garden View

\$103.00 usd + 18% tax, per night Single or Double occupancy Ocean View

\$16.00 usd + 18% tax , per night, per Extra Person

Telephones to contact the hotel for reservations:

MEXICO: 01-800-716-95-67

USA: 1-800-762-5816

CANADA: 1-866-547-5447

LOCAL: 01 52 669 9-13-11-20

To make a reservation:

Name: Congreso de Aves Grupo

Check in date: 8 March 2009

Check out date: 14 March 2009

Code for the event: GR0028

**Other Hotels Near the Hotel Playa Mazatlan -- listed in order of
closeness (farthest hotel is 4 km)**

Rates for all hotels vary from \$35 - \$60 USD for a double occupancy
room. This rate may increase 50% during the high season. We recommend
people contact one of the hotels as soon as possible.

Hotel San Diego

Tel. 01152-669-983-5703

www.mexcon.net/sandiego.htm

hotelsandiego@hotmail.com

Hotel Mazatlan

Tel. 01152-669-984-8192

www.hotelmazatlan.com.mx

Hotel Vistamar

Tel. 01152-669-983-4700

www.vistamar.com.mx

reservaciones@vistamar.com.mx

Hotel Solamar Inn

Tel. 01152-669-913-6666

solamarina@mzt.megared.net.mx

Hotel De Cima

Tel. 01152-669-983-7300

www.hoteldecima.com.mx

info@hoteldecima.com.mx