KHS Annual Meeting Program
(In Preparation)

Kansas Herpetological Society
37th Annual Meeting Program

5-7 November 2010

Gary K. Clarke Education Center
Topeka Zoo
Topeka, Kansas

Note to speakers: We will adhere to a strict schedule for talks. Please plan your talks for no more than 12 minutes with an additional 3 minutes for questions from the audience. The lecture room will have a ceiling mounted projector and 0computer with Powerpoint capabilities. Speakers should load their talk onto the computer no later than the break session before their talk. Any questions about the equipment or meeting facilities should be emailed to Kathy Ellis at kathyshidler@yahoo.com or Mike Coker at mcoker@topeka.org


All scientific paper sessions for the KHS 37th Annual Meeting will be held in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo, Topeka, Kansas, on 6-7 November 2010. There are many motels in Topeka. Listed below are links to a map of the TBA and a map of TBA (so you won't get lost). KHS members are encouraged to patronize the TBA (TBA Avenue, TBA, Kansas; 000-000-0000), which offers a special reduced rate ($00.00 per night) for those attending the meeting; be sure to mention Topeka Zoo if you want the special rate and be sure to register for lodging by the DEADLINE of TBA October 2010. Lodging arrangements will not be made by the KHS.

TBA Topeka Area Lodging

TBA Topeka Area Map

Register in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo with the KHS Treasurer on Saturday and Sunday: Students (9th Grade through 12th Grade) $5.00 per person; all others $10.00 per person. K through 8th Grade are admitted free.


KHS AUCTION. The annual KHS auction will be held on Saturday night (7 November) in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center at the Topeka Zoo . All proceeds from the auction go to the KHS. BEER, SOFT DRINKS, AND SNACKS WILL BE FREE.

ZOO BOOK SALES. The well-known and highly esteemed book seller, Eric Thiss, will display his tremendous diversity of herpetological titles in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo. Buy your favorite books, new and old. Eric is a generous contributor to the KHS auction.


FRIDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2010

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm: KHS SOCIAL at the TBA at TBA Street, TBA, Kansas (if you get lost, call the TBA at 000-000-0000). Come talk to other herpetologists and discuss the creatures with which we are so obsessed. Tell us about them. Drink beer. Eat. Sing. Kiss. Boogie. Humor is appreciated.


SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2010

8:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration for both days: Mary Kate Baldwin (KHS Secretary) and Eric Kessler (KHS Treasurer) in the foyer in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo. Free coffee, juice, and donuts will be available.

Scientific Paper Session 1 in in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: TBA, Institutional Affiliation

9:00 am Welcome by Kathy Ellis (KHS President).

9:05 am Welcome by Mike Coker, Director, Topeka Zoo, Topeka, Kansas

9:15 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:45 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

10:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 10:15 am

Scientific Paper Session 2 in in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: TBA, Institutional Affiliation

10:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

10:45 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:15 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:30 am to noon KHS Group Photograph taken by Larry L. Miller (Kansas Heritage Photography, Wakarusa)

LUNCH: 11:45 am to 1:15 pm (at the restaurant of your choice)

Scientific Paper Session 3 in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: TBA, Institutional Affiliation

1:15 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

1:30 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

1:45 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

2:00 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

2:15 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

2:30 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 2:45 pm

Scientific Paper Session 1 in in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: TBA, Institutional Affiliation

3:00 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

3:15 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

3:30 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

3:45 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

4:00 pm Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

4:15 pm KHS General Business Meeting with KHS President Kathy Ellis presiding in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo.

Introduction of current KHS Officers & Dignitaries by Kathy Ellis

KHS Treasurer's Report for 2009 by Eric Kessler

KHS Secretary's Report for 2009by Mary Kate Baldwin

KHS Editor's Report for 2009 by Curtis J. Schmidt

KHS Historian's Report for 2009 by Suzanne L. Collins

Report on Plans for the 38th Annual KHS Meeting in Topeka, Kansas, in 2010 by KHS President-Elect Derek Schmidt (Overbrook, Kansas).

Election of KHS Officers for 2010. The KHS Nominating Committee is composed of Joseph T. Collins (Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence), David Oldham (Pittsburg State University), and Eva Horne (Kansas State University), and offers the following slate of candidates:

For President
Derek Schmidt, Overbrook, Kansas
Served as president-elect during 2010, and automatically assumes the KHS presidency on 1 January 2011.

For President-Elect
TBA (unopposed), Institutional Affiliation TBA.

For Treasurer (unopposed)
Eric Kessler, Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park.

For Secretary (unopposed)
Mary Kate Baldwin, Topeka Collegiate School.

KHS Business Meeting adjourns sometime between 4:30 and 5:00 pm.


SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2010

Where: TBA

6:30 pm KHS Awards Ceremony

Presentation of the Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship for 2010. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $TBA.00.

Presentation of the Alan H. Kamb Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes for 2010. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $TBA.00.

Presentation of The Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology for 2010 by TBA (TBA). The recipient of The Collins Award receives a commemorative plaque and a check for $1000.00.

7:00 pmish, the KHS Auction will be conducted in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center at the Topeka Zoo by Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., Daniel Fogell & Eric Thiss, ably assisted by KHS Secretary Mary Kate Baldwin and KHS Treasurer Eric Kessler, and featuring many breath-taking books and other items (of questionable value). The KHS takes cash, credit cards, and checks. Be sure and get a bidding number before the auction commences. Bid vigorously, and support the KHS.


SUNDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2010

8:00 am Registration for participants that did not register on Saturday: Mary Kate Baldwin (KHS Secretary) & Eric Kessler (KHS Treasurer) in the foyer near the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo. Free coffee, juice, and donuts will be available.

Scientific Paper Session 1 in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: TBA, Institutional Affiliation

9:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:15 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

9:45 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

10:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 10:15 am

Scientific Paper Session 1 in the Gary K. Clarke Education Center, Topeka Zoo
Moderator: TBA, Institutional Affiliation

10:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

10:45 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:00 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA, Topic: TBA

11:15 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

11:30 am Speaker: TBA, Institutional Affiliation TBA. Topic: TBA

Noon: Presentation of the third annualGeorge Toland Award for 2010 by S. Ross McNearney. This award will be given for the best paper presented at the meeting by a KHS student member on the ecology of North American amphibians, reptiles, and/or turtles. The KHS Awards Committee will select the winner. The recipient must be present at the end of the KHS meeting to receive the commemorative certificate and a check for $200.00, co-sponsored by the KHS and The Center for North American Herpetology.

ADJOURNMENT

Have a safe trip home. See you on the first weekend in November 2011 in Topeka, Kansas, for the 38th Annual KHS Meeting.


37th Annual Meeting Committee
Kathy Ellis (Chairperson)
Mark Ellis, Suzanne L. Collins, Joseph T. Collins

Notes: The Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology will be given at this KHS 37th Annual Meeting in Topeka, Kansas, to the KHS member judged to have published or presented the best paper on a native species of Kansas herpetofauna. The KHS Awards Committee (Daniel D. Fogell, Travis W. Taggart & Walter E. Meshaka, Jr.) will select the recipient from presentations made and papers published during 2008 and 2009. During odd-numbered years (photography competition), only KHS members are eligible. During even-numbered years (scientific presentations or publications), candidates are strongly encouraged to join the KHS, because preference will be given to KHS members.

** after a title indicates it is a candidate for The Collins Award in 2012.

*** after a title indicates it is a candidate for The Toland Award, to be presented on Sunday (7 November 2010) at the close of the meeting. This year The Toland Award will be $200.00 and a commemorative certificate.

Nominations for the Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship for 2010 will be accepted from 1 January to 15 September 2010. Submit your nominees to the KHS Awards Committee Chairperson (see the inside front cover of the latest Journal of Kansas Herpetology). This year the Gloyd-Taylor Scholarship will be $TBA and a commemorative certificate.

Applications for the Alan H. Kamb Endowed Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes for 2010 will be accepted from 1 January to 15 September 2010. Submit your application to the KHS Awards Committee Chairperson (see the inside front cover of the latest Journal of Kansas Herpetology). This year the Kamb Grant will be $TBA and a commemorative certificate.


Updated 23 November 2009