NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAMMALOGISTS

Adam Ferguson (Texas Tech University); - B. Elizabeth Horner Award; Ana Laura Almendra (Brigham Young University); Carolyn Bauer (Tufts University); Katherine Brooks (University of Chicago); Erin Clancey (University of Idaho); Andreas Chavez (University of Washington); Anna Czupryna (University of Illinois at Chicago); Andy Dosmann (University of Chicago); Mallory Eckstut (University of Nevada, Las Vegas); David Gary Flagel (University of Notre Dame); Adam T. Ford (University of British Columbia); Gislene Lopes Goncalves (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)); Francois D. H. Gould (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine); Rebecca Green (University of California, Davis); Patricia L. Jones (University of Texas at Austin); Stephen Nyaga Kinyua (Moi University, Kenya); Patrice Kurnath (University of Utah); Eryn McFarlane (University of Guelph); Matthew R. Mauldin (Texas Tech University); Sara Parsons (Miami University of Ohio); Lorelei E. Patrick (Louisiana State University); Diana J. Raper (Oregon State University); Katelyn I.\n Let us know how you did''; and WHEREAS, the local committee did not produce a meeting t-shirt because they could not figure out how to tie-dye the gopher; and WHEREAS, following up on the idea of speed dating, the local committee initiated the new concept of speed poster sessions; and WHEREAS someone needs to explain to the senior members of ASM that developing a social network does not mean cramming 400 people into a 100 by 100 ft space for a poster session; and WHEREAS our Australian mates introduced many new complex conceptual issues for us to ponder, such as what is the difference between ASM and AMS?, who came first, Sherman or Elliot?, and just what is a dingo anyway?; and WHEREAS oops, we pause once again for a moment to reconnect to the Portland State server; and WHEREAS, Grinnell Award recipient Enrique Lessa encouraged us to embrace our inner mammalogical child for as long as possible, at least if we can get somebody else to pay for it; and WHEREAS, Leopold Award recipient Herbert Prins noted that even Aldo might have been a bit optimistic when he said, ''the government will do the rest''; and in breaking news, conservation practices in Tibet have inspired a new chain of restaurants called the Deli Lama, proving once again, ''It's the economy, stupid''; and WHEREAS, Merriam Award recipient Gerardo Ceballos did not submit a title or abstract before the conference, probably because he was afraid that no one would come t