Proposals should include a concise description of the symposium topic including its significance and specific relevance to the particular meeting time and location (if appropriate), and a list of speakers and preliminary titles, not to exceed 16 speakers in total. Five or six poster presentations are also welcome. Proposals should not exceed two pages in length.

Please send proposals to Jason Head, Program Committee Chair at: jason.head@utoronto.ca.

The deadline for proposal submission is December 14, 2007.

Jason J. Head
SVP Program Committee Chair

A Call for Field Trips and Workshops
The Host Committee for the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, to be held at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, October 15-18, 2008, is calling for workshop and field trip proposals, including pre and post-meeting events. 

The Proposal Outline contains a list of all of the information you must provide to the Host Chair in order for your proposal to be considered.  Examples of previous field trips and workshops can be viewed in the 2007 Second Circular.

Proposals, and questions, should be submitted to Darin Croft, Host Committee Chair at: dcroft@case.edu . The deadline for proposal submission is Friday, December 14, 2007.

Darin Croft
2008 Host Committee Chair

A Call for Patterson Grant Award Applications
Applications for the Patterson Memorial Grant Award are due January 15, 2008. The application date was moved up so the winners could be selected in April and the grant funds could be used for summer projects. The award, named in honor of Dr. Bryan Patterson, supports graduate and undergraduate student field work in vertebrate paleontology.

The application and detailed instructions are available on the Patterson Grant Award Web page.

The Patterson Award Committee will be announce the winner(s) on the first Monday following the 15^th of April. Winner(s) will be acknowledged at the 67^th SVP Annual Meeting Banquet. Questoins can be directed to Patrick O'Connor at: oconnorp@ohiou.edu .

Patrick O'Connor
Patterson Memorial Grant Chair