The 12th annual meeting of the Control Systems Group will be at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, from Wednesday, July 17 until Sunday, July 21, 1996. The sessions will be organized as in the past: plenary sessions mornings and evenings, beginning Wednesday evening, with afternoons open for more informal (if that's possible) discussions and demos, rest, and recreation. The content of each session will be determined at the first meeting Wednesday evening, and depends on who is willing and prepared to talk about what. Topics at previous meetings have included various aspects of theory and modelling of the organization of living systems, human and otherwise; and applications in experimental psychology. education. sociology, management and organizations, therapy and counselling, etc., etc. If you have a paper to present, plan to bring 30 copies or so for people to read, so that your session can be primarily for discussion and questions. The cost will be $265 single, $225 double (each), $210 for students. These are higher prices than in the past, but that's the breaks. Transportation costs to Phoenix, a hub airport, should be lower than to out-of-the-way Durango. From Phoenix there are shuttle busses to Flagstaff ($21 each way), but the first is too early, the second will get you there too late for dinner, and the third, too late for the Wednesday night session. If everyone lets me know their arrival time in Phoenix, I can try to match people up to share rental cars (which would be nice to have to see sights around Flagstaff afternoons). In scheduling your flight, it may help to know that it's 140 miles on the Interstate from Phoenix to Flagstaff, and the dining hall on campus closes at 6:30. The CSG has funds to subsidize conference costs for students and those on limited incomes. We are not completely mad to have a conference in Arizona in July. While average July highs and lows in Phoenix are 105 and 74, in Flagstaff (at 7000 feet) they are 82 and 50. Lots to see and do within an afternoon's range, but if you want to come early or stay over after the meeting for trips further afield, plan on finding a motel; NAU rooms are not available except with meals and for conferences. You can stay on campus Tuesday night, but the charge is $50 and does not include meals. Further details (maps, brochures, etc.) will be mailed to registrants. Please register early, and be sure to include arrival time in Phoenix if you are flying (or let me know when you know). Registration is $30 (students $15). The final date for registration is July 5. Mail to Mary A. Powers, The Control Systems Group, 73 Ridge Place, Durango CO 81301-8136. ________________________________________________________________ 1996 CSG CONFERENCE Registration Name_____________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________ (Preferred address for CSG mail. Indicate home or work) Phone_______________________ email_______________________________ (Indicate home or work) Guest name_______________________________________________________ (Fee for guest sharing your room, $195. Guest in single, $235) Fee enclosed: registration ($30)____ Guest registration ($10)____ Student registration ($10)____ (Balance due July 5: $235 double, $195 single, $380 self & guest in double, student $200) OR Full payment enclosed (including registration): Single room ($265)____ Double ($225)____ Self and guest in double ($420)____ Student ($210)____ Banquet info: Vegetarian____ Wine____ Beer____ Juice/Pop____ (check preference) Arrive by air in Phoenix at_____________. Would like (or am willing) to share a car rental. * * * * For students and those on limited income: I am applying for a full____ partial (amount)________ waiver of conference fees. Without this waiver, I cannot afford to attend. (Signed)____________________________________________ The 1996 Annual Meeting of the
Control Systems Group (CSG)