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Call for candidates to serve as officers of the International Ichnological Association | May 7th, 2012

The International Ichnological Association must renew their officers every four years coinciding with the celebration of the International Ichnological Congress ICHNIA.

This is going to happen for the first time this summer during our meeting in New Foundland this August . Both Luis Buatois (President) and Jordi M. de Gibert (Secretary) feel that it is time for others to take the lead of our young society and we want to encourage those of you with the experience and the will to do it to step forward.

You can download here the complete regulations for the electoral process, which are in the following lines briefly summarized:

  • The officers of the association shall be a president, secretary and treasurer.

  • Candidates are required to be regular or honorary members in good standing.

  • The period for members to present their candidatures is established to last between May 7th and June 18th 2012.

  • Candidatures must be communicated to the IIA Secretary during that period by the own candidates clearly stating to which position they stand for.

  • The secretary will communicate the totality of members which are the candidates standing for election no later than July 2nd 2012, two weeks after finishing the period for candidate presentation.

  • Officers shall be elected by a simple plurality of votes.

  • Members will vote personally during the General Assembly to be held during Ichnia or by mail (including e-mail) sent to the secretary (ichnologicalassociation@gmail.com) until August 3rd 2012, one week before the celebration of ICHNIA.

Do not hesitate to contact us (Luis Buatois or Jordi M. de Gibert) for further information.

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Registration for Ichnia 2012 is open | April 27th, 2012

Registration is already open for ICHNIA 2012, the third International Ichnological Meeting. All important information can be found at the meeting's website.

Important deadlines:

  • Early registration: July 1st

  • Abstract submission:  June 30th

Six travel grants of 400 USD are offered by the International Ichnological Association for contributing student attendants who are members of the association. Details on how to apply can be found here.

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Results of the vote to select a logo for IIA | January 11th, 2012

The period to vote your favorite logos is finished. More than half of the members of IIA participated in the election of our logo among 12 wonderful designs that you can still see here. We appreciate very much your participation, particularly of those that contributed with their proposals.

The design selected after the vote was #4, which received 58 points. This logo was also the most voted (74% of voters) and the one voted with the highest qualification by the majority of participants (29%). The authors of the logo are Jordi M. de Gibert and Zain Belaústegui (Barcelona, Spain).

 

 

Second and third positions were occupied by logos #11 (31 points) and #5 (22 points), respectively.

#11

#5

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Participate in the election of a logo for IIA | November 30th, 2011

After almost two years of being formally founded, our association has no official logo yet. Last year a call for logos was made and we managed to gather a collection of proposals. Now, it is time to make a decission. Visit the following link and vote your favourite logos!!!

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New issue of Ichnology Newsletter | October 26th, 2011

Shahin Dashtgard and Noelia Carmona have completed the edition of the 28th volume of the Ichnology Newsletter!

Within the new IN you will find links to a variety of Ichnological websites, and, on page 7, an interactive PDF that can be manipulated by clicking on the images. Editors want to thank all of you who contributed articles: without those contributions there would be no newsletter.

 We hope you all enjoy reading about the latest news from our dynamic ichnological community! 

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Preregistration open for Ichnia 2012 | October 20th, 2011

 ICHNIA 2012, the Third International Ichnological Meeting, will be hosted at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, from 13th to 18th August 2012.

Pre-registration and abstract submission are already available online at www.ichnology.ca following the ichnia 2012 link. Please fill out the pre-registration form to give organizers some idea of how many people to expect

 Organizers are also making a call for papers for a collected volume (along the lines of the Trace Fossils and Trace Fossils 2 volumes we all know so well from the 70’s). If you would like to submit a paper please tell them via the pre-registration form.

You may contact organizers at Ichnia@mun.ca for any further information.

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A Linkedin group for ichnologists | March 24th, 2011

Shahin Dashtgard (Simon Fraser University) set up a group in LinkedIn to serve as a professional network for world ichnologists. In order to join, you must first sign up for Linkedin and then join the group with the name Ichnological Association.

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A new coeditor for Ichnology Newsletter | March 24th, 2011

Noelia Carmona (Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía) will replace Murray Gingras as coeditor of Ichnology Newsletter. She will work with Shahin Dashtgard (Simon Fraser University) in order to produce a new issue (num. 28) of this long-living informal publication.

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New web site | March 4th, 2011

The new website of the International Ichnological Association has started being operative with the purpose of providing essential information about the functioning and activities of our newborn association. Please check it out and send your feedback to ichnologicalassociation@gmail.com.

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