NPS Meeting and Events Calendar - Monday, December 3, 2001


                 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MEETING AND EVENTS CALENDAR

This calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning Report. 
Please note:

Entries are listed no sooner than FOUR months before an event, except in cases in 
which registration dates close much earlier. 
Brevity in submissions is required and appreciated.
Please send along web sites for additional information where possible.
Asterisks (*) indicate new or revised entries. 

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* March 8 — 10: "DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY: THE VICTORIAN HOME," 2002 
GETTYSBURG WOMEN'S HISTORY SYMPOSIUM, Gettysburg, PA. The symposium will 
be a celebration of Victorian life and manners during the middle 1800s. It will be held in 
the park's Cyclorama Center from the afternoon of March 8th through noon on March 
10th. The registration fee is $95. To register, send a check or money order for that 
amount to Gettysburg NMP Women's History Symposium 97 Taneytown Road, 
Gettysburg, PA, Attn: Becky Lyons. Make checks payable to Eastern National, Women's 
History Symposium, and submit them no later than March 1st. For more information, 
contact Becky Lyons or Terry Deal at 717-334-1124 ext. 430 or 432, or send an email 
to Becky_Lyons@nps.gov. [Katie Lawhon, GETT]

* February 24 — 28: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL PROPERTY 
PROTECTION, Charleston, SC. Participants and speakers for this conference hail from 
institutions and professional security organizations worldwide, including the American 
Association of Museums (AAM), the FBI, and the American Society of Industrial Security 
(ASIS). The theme of the 2002 conference is "Celebrating 25 Years of Training 
Excellence." Several sessions have been scheduled on how the events that occurred on 
and after September 11, 2001have impacted the security of cultural institutions 
throughout the United States and abroad. The National Conference offers full and one-
day registration packages for $425 and $125. To register on-line and/or download a 
copy of the brochure, please visit http://natconf.si.edu. The web site also provides
extensive information about the history and purpose of the conference, as well as 
details concerning registration, payment, transportation and hotel accommodations. 
Questions should be directed to the conference registrar at 202-633-9466. [Hollis 
Provins, INDE]

* April 6 — 7: "LEADERSHIPS THAT INFLUENCED THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG," 
2002 GETTSYBURG SEMINAR, Gettysburg, PA. The seminar will explore some of the 
leaders, significant and otherwise, their military campaigns, and other events during 
the Gettysburg campaign and how they affected the outcome of the war. Attendance will 
be limited to 160 people. Registration is $65; after March 23rd, the late registration fee 
of $70 will apply. To register, send a check or money order to Gettysburg National 
Military Park, 2002 Seminar, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Attn: Park 
Ranger Evangelina Rubalcava. Make checks payable to Eastern National: Year 2002 
GNMP Seminar and send no later than March 23rd. For further info, call Evangelina 
Rubalcava at 717-334-1124 ext. 447. [Katie Lawhon, GETT]

* April 14 — 19: DOI FACILITY MANAGERS CONFERENCE, Town and Country Hotel, 
San Diego, CA. his conference, sponsored by the Department of the Interior's Planning, 
Design Construction and Maintenance Council,  will provide a forum for staff to meet 
and exchange information on facility management issues/topics and training related to 
facilities and infrastructure operation, maintenance, management, condition 
assessment, database management, repair, renovation and rehabilitation. Log on to 
http://www.doi.gov/conference/facilities/ for target audience and conference tracks.  
Watch this web site for further developments including  training tracks and an on-line 
registration module. [Steve Hastings, HOAL]