[NHCOLL-L:2938] 2006 IPM Working Group Meeting Details
Rachael Arenstein
rachaelarenstein at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 24 13:51:27 EST 2006
My apologies as some crucial details for previous posting on the 2006 IPM
Working Group Meeting were not included. The meeting with be held February
27-28, 2006 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The
rest of the posting is repeated below.
Places are currently available at the 3rd meeting of the IPM Working Group
a group of museum professionals dedicated to the development of pest
management resources for the general museum community. All museums are
concerned about insect pests and many use IPM as a method for addressing
these concerns. Our goal is not to teach IPM, but rather to focus on
deliverables to make IPM easier for museum staff. We recognize that every
museum has similar challenges with regards to pest management. We hope that
the working group can help solve problems while alleviating the need for
every museum to come up with their own solutions.
Practical deliverables from the previous two meetings include the
museumpests.net website; the museum pest mailing list; an on-line
questionnaire about pest management practice and needs in museums; and the
inclusion of IPM Special Interest Groups at the 2003, 2004, and 2005 SPNHC
meetings.
This years meeting will include a discussion of the results of the on-line
questionnaire a review of progress with the website. We will consider how
the results of the questionnaire can be used to fine-tune the goals set by
the Group at the 2005 meeting under the following thematic areas:
· Pest Imaging/Identification Aids
· Software for Mapping and Monitoring
· Standards/Best Practices for IPM
In reviewing the website, we will be discussing how to develop the site to
best deliver these goals.
As with the previous meetings, we want to stress that this is not a review
of IPM and the purpose of the group is not to teach IPM, but to develop
resources for the museum community. You should expect to take an active role
in discussing and setting goals, and to leave with an assignment.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Rachael Perkins
Arenstein (rachaelarenstein at hotmail.com please put IPM Working Group
RSVP in the subject line of the email). In addition, we have space during
the session breaks for a small number of short presentations on pest
management issues; if you are interested in giving a presentation, let us
know when you respond to the invitation.
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