[Cuga] Announcement of the Jefferson Lab Users Metting Planned for June 7-9, 2010---a message from Zein-Eddine Meziani

[Rachel Harris]

The 2010 JLab User's Group Annual Meeting will take place on Monday, 
June 7 through Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The program includes a variety 
of physics talks, presentations from the User Group Board, lab 
management, and funding agencies, talks from our recent Prize Winners. 
This year we will have a session dedicated to a summary of users 
workshops, held in Spring 2010, that explored physics motivations of an 
electron ion collider. The session is entitled "Beyond the 12 GeV 
upgrade: an EIC at JLab?" Your participation is important, and we 
strongly encourage everyone to register now, and make plans to attend.

We particularly encourage graduate students to attend the annual 
meeting. The Jefferson Science Associates Initiatives Fund has again 
sponsored our waiving student registration fees. We will again have 
special lunch discussions for the graduate students, along with 
sandwiches, pizza, and sushi. The poster competition continues, with a 
first prize of $1200, a 2nd prize of $600, and a third prize of $300. 
The deadline for poster competition abstracts is Friday, May 28, 2010 - 
and you cannot win if you do not enter. For more information, contact 
Katherine Myers.

This year has been good for scientific research funding. Come find out 
more about the plans of DOE, NSF, and the laboratory in the coming 
years. The discussion will include both near- and long-term plans, and a 
variety of issue. The Annual User Group Meeting plays a central role in 
maintaining the coherence and effectiveness of our community. Your User 
Group Board is working  hard to put together a great meeting, and we 
very much hope to see you there!



Zein-Eddine Meziani

On behalf of the Jefferson Lab Users Board of Directors