This sounds like it might be interesting. -----Original Message----- Hi Dave and Patrick, The message below was sent to me by Colin Inglefield. Note the rapidly approaching deadline! Can you please forward this to the OAS list and the Utah amateur astronomy club News list? As a point of information, the American Physical Society (APS) is an international organization of physicists and associated fields such as astronomy. There are national meetings (international really) and regional meetings. There are also numerous meetings of specialty groups (condensed matter, spectroscopy, etc.). The Four Corners states have formed a regional group and the meeting rotates between the four states. This year it is being co-hosted by U of U and WSU. Thanks. John - - - - - - - - - - - - - Astronomical Society Members: The annual meeting of the four-corners section of the American Physical Society will take place October 4th and 5th at the University of Utah. All interested parties are invited to come and participate. Advanced registration (deadline Sep. 6th) is $35 for APS members, $45 for nonmembers, and free for students. The conference program will include various topics of current interest including astronomy/astrophysics and gravitation. A star party will be held at the University of Utah physics department observatory on Friday night following the conference banquet (weather permitting). Further information can be found at the conference website: http://www.physics.utah.edu/~4c2002/. If a sufficient number of abstracts are received, we can arrange a special amateur astronomy session. Locally, feel free to contact Colin Inglefield in the physics department at WSU (cinglefield@weber.edu, (801) 626-6127) with any questions.