<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I guess cost is always going to be an issue and conferences/symposiums are always, to a certain extent, a luxury for most of us. That aside, the hotel costs, from a UK perspective seem comparable so not too much of a strain. Location wise - perfect, unfortunately Russia was a bit too far for me to organise with work commitments. Im certainly going to try to make this one. Really looking forward to it. <div><br></div><div>Good luck with the organising<br><div><br></div><div>Andy<br><div><br><div><div>On 24 Sep 2013, at 20:07, <a href="mailto:syrphidae-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">syrphidae-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Send Syrphidae mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>syrphidae-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>syrphidae-owner@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Syrphidae digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: The 8th International Symposium on Syrphidae 2015 -<br> announcement (Brigitte Howarth)<br> 2. Re: The 8th International Symposium on Syrphidae 2015 -<br> announcement (ximo mengual sanchis)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:48:26 +0400<br>From: Brigitte Howarth <brigitte.howarth@gmail.com><br>To: Hoverfly discussion list <syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>Cc: Rulik Bj?rn <B.Rulik@zfmk.de><br>Subject: [Syrphidae] Re: The 8th International Symposium on Syrphidae<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2015 -<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>announcement<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CANJLYdgPD6XG_g=dAacTWPudnwZ9sTqTGdNwbg5dHRhhCao7rQ@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Greetings, All,<br><br>Sounds like you had a wonderful time in Novosibirsk. The prices and<br>location look ok, though I understand totally where Roger is coming from<br>(regarding finances!). What worries me are the dates. At the end of the<br>academic year we are completely swamped with administration and it may be<br>difficult to get away in early June, though it's better than later in June.<br>Beginning of July is best, but perhaps the date change is not an option.<br><br>Thanks so much for being involved in organizing and asking questions.<br><br>Best,<br>Brigitte<br><br><br>On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:43 PM, ximo mengual sanchis <xmengual@gmail.com>wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear all,<br><br>As you well know, we had a wonderful symposium in Novosibirsk last June<br>where we all enjoyed the Siberian hospitality and kindness. Personally, I<br>want to thank the organizers and our friends Anatolij Barkalov and Valeri<br>Mutin.<br><br>During the last talk session, participants decided that the next symposium<br>(ISS8) will take place in Germany, close to Bonn. Thus, I want to welcome<br>you all to my new "house" and I hope you can take part of this event!<br><br>Bj?rn Rulik and I are organizing the symposium with hope and effort to<br>make you feel comfortable. At this moment, we can say that the meeting<br>will take place from June 4th to 8th of 2015.<br><br>I discussed with some of you the possible locations of the next meeting.<br>There were two options:<br><br>- Bonn city; this option means that everyone must look for his/her<br>accommodation. Talks would take place in the museum.<br><br>- outside Bonn, in a location where we can stay together. Bj?rn found a<br>great place to stay in Monschau, the Hotel Carat:<br>http://www.carathotel.de/start/ . Monschau is a historic town with<br>beautiful environs, close to the Eifel Natural Park.<br><br>At this point, I would like to start a discussion with all of you who<br>pretend to come. The discussion or "poll" is about the "lodging price" you<br>would pay to attend the meeting. here the quote we received for four<br>nights, including breakfast and lunch, but WITHOUT dinner:<br><br>- Single room: 85 euros per night. Total (4 nights) = 340 euros<br>- Double room: 70 euros per night. Total (4 nights) = 280 euros<br><br>As you can imagine, this is the best quote we can get and there are some<br>basic things not included.<br><br>I would like everyone (yes! everyone of you) gives me his opinion about<br>the location and the prices. Why am I doing this? Before sending the first<br>official letter, I want that the maximum number of participants come and<br>participate giving talks, and posters.<br><br>Based on the last experience in Novosibirsk, I decided to go ahead and<br>make this explicit poll to continue and perpetuate the high attendance of<br>previous symposia.<br><br>Please answer and give us your opinion.<br><br>The Organizing Committee of the 8th International Symposium on Syrphidae<br>welcomes all of you!<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Ximo<br><br>********************************************************<br>Dr. Ximo Mengual<br>Head of the Diptera Section<br>Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig<br>Leibniz-Institut f?r Biodiversit?t der Tiere<br>Adenauerallee 160<br>D-53113 Bonn, Germany<br>Phone: 0049 (0)228 9122 292<br>ZFMK web<http://www.zfmk.de/web/ZFMK_Mitarbeiter/MengualXimo/index.en.html><br> <http://entomology.si.edu/StaffPages/MengualJ.html><br>https://www.bolgermany.de/ | http://syrphidae.lifedesks.org/<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Syrphidae mailing list<br>Syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae<br><br><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/syrphidae/attachments/20130924/ab14fd41/attachment-0001.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:07:09 +0200<br>From: ximo mengual sanchis <xmengual@gmail.com><br>To: Hoverfly discussion list <syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>Cc: Rulik Bj?rn <B.Rulik@zfmk.de><br>Subject: [Syrphidae] Re: The 8th International Symposium on Syrphidae<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2015 - announcement<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CALZXNEttsFt_B2KkLH=yHsqp2YP+zhNm+0yGAM_uGMqH0vAHhw@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Dear Brigitte,<br><br>I totally understand academic colleagues... but late June brings other<br>problems: less flies!<br><br>One of the attractions of these symposia is the "last day" excursion, and<br>my colleagues and I have decided that Beginning of June is the best time.<br><br>There is an explanation for all :)<br><br>Best!<br><br><br>Ximo<br><br><br>********************************************************<br>Dr. Ximo Mengual<br>Head of the Diptera Section<br>Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig<br>Leibniz-Institut f?r Biodiversit?t der Tiere<br>Adenauerallee 160<br>D-53113 Bonn, Germany<br>Phone: 0049 (0)228 9122 292<br>ZFMK web <http://www.zfmk.de/web/ZFMK_Mitarbeiter/MengualXimo/index.en.html><br><http://entomology.si.edu/StaffPages/MengualJ.html><br>https://www.bolgermany.de/ | http://syrphidae.lifedesks.org/<br><br><br><br><br>2013/9/24 Brigitte Howarth <brigitte.howarth@gmail.com><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Greetings, All,<br><br>Sounds like you had a wonderful time in Novosibirsk. The prices and<br>location look ok, though I understand totally where Roger is coming from<br>(regarding finances!). What worries me are the dates. At the end of the<br>academic year we are completely swamped with administration and it may be<br>difficult to get away in early June, though it's better than later in June.<br>Beginning of July is best, but perhaps the date change is not an option.<br><br>Thanks so much for being involved in organizing and asking questions.<br><br>Best,<br>Brigitte<br><br><br>On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:43 PM, ximo mengual sanchis <xmengual@gmail.com>wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear all,<br><br>As you well know, we had a wonderful symposium in Novosibirsk last June<br>where we all enjoyed the Siberian hospitality and kindness. Personally, I<br>want to thank the organizers and our friends Anatolij Barkalov and Valeri<br>Mutin.<br><br>During the last talk session, participants decided that the next<br>symposium (ISS8) will take place in Germany, close to Bonn. Thus, I want to<br>welcome you all to my new "house" and I hope you can take part of this<br>event!<br><br>Bj?rn Rulik and I are organizing the symposium with hope and effort to<br>make you feel comfortable. At this moment, we can say that the meeting<br>will take place from June 4th to 8th of 2015.<br><br>I discussed with some of you the possible locations of the next meeting.<br>There were two options:<br><br>- Bonn city; this option means that everyone must look for his/her<br>accommodation. Talks would take place in the museum.<br><br>- outside Bonn, in a location where we can stay together. Bj?rn found a<br>great place to stay in Monschau, the Hotel Carat:<br>http://www.carathotel.de/start/ . Monschau is a historic town with<br>beautiful environs, close to the Eifel Natural Park.<br><br>At this point, I would like to start a discussion with all of you who<br>pretend to come. The discussion or "poll" is about the "lodging price" you<br>would pay to attend the meeting. here the quote we received for four<br>nights, including breakfast and lunch, but WITHOUT dinner:<br><br>- Single room: 85 euros per night. Total (4 nights) = 340 euros<br>- Double room: 70 euros per night. Total (4 nights) = 280 euros<br><br>As you can imagine, this is the best quote we can get and there are some<br>basic things not included.<br><br>I would like everyone (yes! everyone of you) gives me his opinion about<br>the location and the prices. Why am I doing this? Before sending the first<br>official letter, I want that the maximum number of participants come and<br>participate giving talks, and posters.<br><br>Based on the last experience in Novosibirsk, I decided to go ahead and<br>make this explicit poll to continue and perpetuate the high attendance of<br>previous symposia.<br><br>Please answer and give us your opinion.<br><br>The Organizing Committee of the 8th International Symposium on Syrphidae<br>welcomes all of you!<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Ximo<br><br>********************************************************<br>Dr. Ximo Mengual<br>Head of the Diptera Section<br>Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig<br>Leibniz-Institut f?r Biodiversit?t der Tiere<br>Adenauerallee 160<br>D-53113 Bonn, Germany<br>Phone: 0049 (0)228 9122 292<br>ZFMK web<http://www.zfmk.de/web/ZFMK_Mitarbeiter/MengualXimo/index.en.html><br> <http://entomology.si.edu/StaffPages/MengualJ.html><br>https://www.bolgermany.de/ | http://syrphidae.lifedesks.org/<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Syrphidae mailing list<br>Syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae<br><br><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Syrphidae mailing list<br>Syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae<br><br><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/syrphidae/attachments/20130924/3cefc8b9/attachment.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Syrphidae mailing list<br>Syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae<br><br><br>End of Syrphidae Digest, Vol 85, Issue 10<br>*****************************************<br>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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