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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The 2011 JLab User's
Group Annual Meeting will take place on <u><b>June 6-8, 2011 at
Jefferson Lab</b></u>.
<br>
The program includes a variety of physics talks, presentations from the
User Group Board, laboratory <br>
management, funding agencies, talks from
our new APS fellows and Prize winners among them the <br>
inaugural JSA
Outstanding Nuclear Physicist Award winner. </font></div>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Your participation is
important, and we strongly urge everyone to register now (at <a
href="http://conferences.jlab.org/ugm/index.html"><b>http://conferences.jlab.org/ugm/index.html</b></a><b> </b>),
and make plans to attend. We particularly encourage <br>
graduate students
to attend the annual meeting. The Jefferson Science Associates
Initiatives Fund has again <br>
sponsored our waiving student registration
fees. We will again have special lunch discussions for the graduate
<br>
students where free food is available. The poster competition
continues, with a first prize of $1000, <br>
a 2nd prize of $500, and a
third prize of $250. The deadline for poster competition abstracts is
<br>
Friday, May 25, 2011 - and you cannot win if you do not enter. For more
information, <br>
contact Sucheta Jawalkar (<a href="mailto:jawalkar@jlab.org">jawalkar@jlab.org</a>).</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">On
the afternoon of Wednesday, 8th June, there will be a Symposium in
honor of<br>
Larry Cardman's contribution to nuclear physics. Details can
be found at <a href="http://conferences.jlab.org/ugm/symposium.html"><strong>http://conferences.jlab.org/ugm/symposium.html</strong></a></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Please
come and find out more about the plans of DOE, NSF, and the laboratory
in the coming years <br>
and to honor Larry's contribution to the field. The
discussion will include both near- and long-term plans, <br>
and a variety
of issues. The Annual User Group Meeting plays a central role in
maintaining the coherence <br>
and effectiveness of our community. Your User
Group Board is working hard to put together a good <br>
meeting (<a href="http://conferences.jlab.org/ugm/program.html">http://conferences.jlab.org/ugm/program.html</a>
) , and we very much hope to see you there!</font></p>
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