URMA'09 pics from Cap'n Frank

Your incoming president decrees that if you have your own photos from URMA'09, post them here. (Or send them to Jason, who will post.)


On the bus and off to lunch.


Doug Smith, Caltech.


Diane Boudreau, Arizona State.


Melissa Lutz Blouin, Arkansas.


Kicking off the videoconference with Endeavors folks.



Beth, Neil, Mark, Margarite, and Susan via videoconference from North Carolina.


Disaster City (where the grass is green and the girls are pretty).


Your incoming and outgoing presidents.

Friday poll results

Do you plan to attend URMA 2009?

• Yes: 8 votes (27%)


• I don't know yet: 8 votes (27%)


• No: my institution has specifically frozen travel expenditures: 7 votes (24%)


• No: my institution has general budget woes and/or wants to limit travel. 6 votes (20%)

Weigh in on URMA 2009

URMA 09 takes place from May 26 to May 29, 2009, in College Station, Texas. College Station's Easterwood Airport is served by Continental (connections through George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston) and American Eagle (connection through DFW Internationall). Nearest big-plane airports are Austin Bergstrom Airport (90 mins by car to College Station) and George Bush Intercontinental in Houston (90 mins by car).

Related poll: As of now, how likely is it that you will be able to attend the URMA meeting in 2009? (Poll closed.)