Aug. 27 - 31

COA Anuual Convention: Boston 2010 Convention Pre Convention tours August 26th-27th. Host hotel is The Boston Park Plaza in heart of downtown Boston. Numerous great field trips in and around Boston, at least one a shelling trip.

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, 50 Park Plaza & Arlington Street

Don Robak (617) 889-1841 email: shellsnail@comcast.net or Warren Graff (978) 749-3351 Email: wgraff@vicr.com, or go to: www.conchcologistsofamerica.org

North Carolina Shell Club:

Cape Fear Museum
814 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28401

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October 1- 3

There is going to be a meeting of international cone researchers and collectors in Stuttgart, Germany on 1 - 3 October, 2010. This is the first international meeting ever organized exclusively for those interested in the cones. The meeting is being planned to bring together both scientists and amateur collectors for an exchange of information.

A group rate has been negotiated at a local hotel and catering arranged for most of the weekend during the meeting so the expense of attending will be minimized. Attendees arriving for the meeting in Stuttgart can reserve a room at the meeting hotel which includes breakfast in the price and discounted tickets for public transportation will be available from the hotel on check-in. The airport, main train station, museum where the meeting will be held, and many other sights of Stuttgart are all connected by a clean, efficient train system.

Dieter Röckel will be the guest of honour at the meeting. A dinner for him will be held on Saturday evening in the museum. Cost for this dinner, light refreshment during the conference, and lunch on Saturday (when most of the speakers will present) will all be included in the conference fee (about $75 US = 50 euros) for the meeting. Attendees will only need to budget for transportation to Stuttgart, hotel costs at the group rate, discounted public transportation, lunch on the first and last days of the conference, and the registration fee.

For more information, you can download the latest issue (#13) of The Cone Collector magazine (www.theconecollector.net) and read the article on pages 29 – 30 by António Monteiro. Another article in the same issue on pages 21 – 28 by myself and Hans-Jörg Niederhöfer (the Stuttgart museum mollusc section curator) provides more information on the Stuttgart museum and its cone holdings. Registration materials are available from António Monteiro (a.j.a.monteiro@netcabo.pt). For collectors in the United States, I (bill@fenzan.com) can provide more information on travel to Stuttgart and participation in this historic event.

www.bcfas.org/museum/
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Then Sea Shell Searchers of Brazoria County
Then SSSBC Shell Shows