TO: New Mexico Astronomers FROM: Craig Walker SUBJECT: 14th Annual New Mexico Symposium -- 2nd Announcement. On Wednesday, November 4, 1998, the fourteenth annual New Mexico Symposium will be held in Socorro at the NRAO Array Operations Center. The symposium will start at 9:00 AM and finish before 5:30 PM. We invite all astronomers from New Mexico and southern Colorado to attend this symposium and to present a paper. There is no charge for registration for this symposium. At the Symposium, we will have time for roughly 20 oral presentations in a format with ten minutes presentation and five minute discussion. We will also have room to accommodate at least 20 poster presentations. If you prefer to present a poster, please so indicate on your response. Please fill out the information requested below as soon as possible, but no later than October 7, 1998. Our mailing list of local astronomers is undoubtedly incomplete, so please circulate this invitation to your colleagues. If you have any special requirements for your presentation, or any questions about the symposium, contact me at the above address, or by E-Mail: . A web page has been established for the meeting at http://www.nrao.edu/~cwalker/nmsymposium/NM98home.htm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: E-Mail Address: Mailing Address: ___I will attend ____I will not attend I want to give a 10 minute talk ____Yes ____No I want to give a poster paper ____Yes ____No The title will be: The authors should be listed as (Name, Institution): If too many wish to talk, and you have requested to talk, would you be willing to switch to a poster? ____Yes ____No In the evening, Prof. Bernard Burke of MIT will give the Jansky Lecture at Macey Center, next to the Array Operations Center. The title of his talk will be "Radio Telescopes: Reaching for the Astronomical Frontiers." The lecture will be open to the general public. Between the symposium and the Jansky lecture there will be an NRAO sponsored dinner, to which all participants are invited. Please indicate if you can attend the dinner. ____Yes ____No Please respond via E-Mail: cwalker@nrao.edu or mail to: Craig Walker PO Box O Socorro, NM 87801