[NHCOLL-L:3278] Integrated Pest Management Working Group annual meeting

[Rachael Arenstein]

Apologies for cross posting...

We are currently accepting requests for a spot at the 2007 IPM Working Group 
Meeting to be hosted by the American Museum of Natural History in New York 
City, February 26-27, 2007.

The IPM Working Group is a group of museum professionals from various 
disciplines dedicated to the development of pest management resources for 
the general museum community.  The goal of the working group meeting 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.

Some of the practical deliverables from the previous two meetings include 
the museumpests.net website; a free pest manager downloadable database, the 
museum pest mailing list; an on-line questionnaire about pest management 
practice and needs in museums, selected IPM bibliographies and 
presentations, and a list of IPM web links.  All of these are accessible 
from the website at www.museumpests.net

This year’s meeting will allow for continued work on the long-term goals for 
each sub-committee:
Pest Imaging/Identification Aids;  Software for Mapping and Monitoring; 
Standards/Best Practices for IPM;  Data Collection;  Treatment; Web 
Resources

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. Participants should expect to take an 
active role in discussing and setting goals, and to leave with an assignment 
to be completed during the year.

For more information on the working group please see www.museumpests.net.  
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. E-mails without this subject line 
will not be opened.  In addition, we have space during the session breaks 
for a limited 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.