Dear Colleagues, we need your help:

Planning for the upcoming SHA 2000 Conference in Québec City is going very
well and we are going to offer you an excellent scientific and cultural
experience. But we need your help for the Roundtable Luncheons. This is the
ONLY part of the programme where there has been little response. We are thus
looking for volunteers who would like to propose a subject and chair a
roundtable luncheon.

For those of you who are not familiar with the format, roundtable luncheons
generally have from 8 to 10 people around a table having lunch and
exchanging
about a specific topic, such as Industrial Archaeology, Public Archaeology,
Conservation, Collections Management, etc. Little preparation is required,
but
you do have to know your subject. It always helps to prepare a general
outline
and several questions to get the discussion going. As an added incentive
this
year, the Roundtable Luncheons will be held on the 23rd floor of the Hilton
with a marvellous view over the Old Town (no leaf cover from trees to hide
the
architecture), the Citadel (great outlining of the complex geometry of this
Vauban-style forification with the contrast between stonework and snow), the
majestic Saint Lawrence River (very impressive ice floes, expecially when
they
go UPRIVER with the tide!) and the Canadian Shield (one of our planet's
oldest
geologic formations).

If you are interested in chairing a Luncheon, please contact me with a
title,
a brief description of the orientation you would wish to give to the
discussion and the reason why you believe this subject should be part of the
conference. You will have to pregister as well (ASAP), so visit our web site
at www.sha.org/meet20.htm for full information. Please contact me as soon as
possible, as the number of places is limited.


                                        _____________________
                                        William Moss
                                        Archéologue principal
                                        Design et patrimoine
                                        Hôtel de Ville
                                        C.P. 700, Haute-Ville
                                        Québec (Québec)
                                        Canada G1R 4S9
                                        Tel. : 418.691.6869
                                        Fax  : 418.691.7853
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