KHS Annual Meeting Program
(In preparation)

Kansas Herpetological Society
38th Annual Meeting Program

4-6 November 2011

Great Plains Nature Center
Wichita, Kansas

Note to speakers: We will adhere to a strict schedule for talks. Please plan your talks for no more than 12 minutes with an additional 3 minutes for questions from the audience. The lecture room will have a ceiling mounted projector and computer with Powerpoint capabilities. Speakers should load their talk onto the computer no later than the break session before their talk. Any questions about the equipment or meeting facilities should be emailed to KHS President Derek Schmidt at dschmidt@ksbroadband.net or KHS Web Administrator Joseph T. Collins at jcollins@ku.edu.


All scientific paper sessions for the KHS 38th Annual Meeting will be held in the Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 East 29th Street North, Wichita, Kansas (316-683-5499), on 4-6 November 2011. There are many motels in Wichita. Listed below are links to a map of the Wichita Area Lodging and a map of Wichita (so you won't get lost). KHS members are encouraged to patronize the Hawthorn Suites West (2405 North Ridge Road, Wichita, Kansas 67205; 316-729-5700), which offers a special reduced rate ($84.99/92.49 per night) for those attending the meeting; be sure to mention KHS if you want the special rate and be sure to register for lodging by the 5 October 2011 deadline. Lodging arrangements will not be made by the KHS. See the Hawthorn Suites West web site at

http://www.hawthorn.com/Hawthorn/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=30265

Wichita Area Lodging

Wichita Area Map

Register in the foyer in the Great Plains Nature Center with the KHS Treasurer on Saturday and Sunday: Students (9th Grade through 12th Grade) $5.00 per person; KHS members $10.00 per person; non-KHS members $25.00 per person (includes KHS membership for the next calendar year). K through 8th Grade are admitted free, but must be accompanied by an adult and should be kept quiet during presentations.


KHS AUCTION. The annual KHS auction will be held on Saturday night (5 November) in the TBA at the Sedgwick County Zoo. All proceeds from the auction go to the KHS. BEER, SOFT DRINKS, AND SNACKS WILL BE FREE.

ZOO BOOK SALES. The well-known and highly esteemed book seller, Eric Thiss, will display his tremendous diversity of herpetological titles in the Great Plains Nature Center. Buy your favorite books, new and old. Eric is a generous contributor to the KHS auction.

SPECIAL OFFER. The first 100 registrants for the KHS annual meeting will receive gratis copies of the following publications:

A Pocket Guide to Ohio Snakes, by Jerry D. Collins, John P. Mathews, and Joseph T. Collins, with photographs by Suzanne L. Collins (60 pages, 55 color images, 25 color maps), and
A Pocket Guide to the Snakes of St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge - Florida, by Joseph T. Collins, Suzanne L. Collins, and Travis W. Taggart, with photographs by Suzanne L. Collins (52 pages, 44 color images, 21 color dot maps), and
TBA (your going to like it, we guarantee it)


FRIDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2011

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm: Informal KHS Social Gathering at Brooklyn's, 6200 West 21st Street, Wichita, Kansas (if you get lost, call Brooklyn's at 316-942-7900). Come talk to other herpetologists and discuss the creatures with which we are so obsessed. Tell us about them. Drink beer. Eat. Sing. Kiss. Boogie. Humor is appreciated.


SATURDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2011

8:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration for both days: Eva Horne (KHS Secretary) and David Oldham (KHS Treasurer) in the foyer in the TBA. Free coffee, juice, and donuts will be available.

Scientific Paper Session 1 in in the TBA
Moderator: TBA, TBA

9:00 am Welcome by Derek Schmidt (KHS President).

9:05 am Welcome by Bob Gress, TBA, TBA, Kansas

9:15 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Richard Kazmaier, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas. Topic: TBA

9:45 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

10:00 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 10:15 am

Scientific Paper Session 2 in in the TBA
Moderator: TBA, TBA

10:30 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

10:45 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:00 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:15 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:30 am to noon KHS Group Photograph taken by Larry L. Miller (Kansas Heritage Photography, Wakarusa)

LUNCH: 11:45 am to 1:15 pm (at the restaurant of your choice)

Scientific Paper Session 3 in the TBA
Moderator: TBA, TBA

1:15 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

1:30 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

1:45 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

2:00 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

2:15 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

2:30 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 2:45 pm

Scientific Paper Session 4 in in the TBA
Moderator: TBA, TBA

3:00 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

3:15 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

3:30 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

3:45 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

4:00 pm Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

4:15 pm KHS General Business Meeting with KHS President Derek Schmidt presiding in the TBA.

Introduction of KHS Officers & Dignitaries by Derek Schmidt

KHS Treasurer's Report for 2011 by David Oldham

KHS Secretary's Report for 2011 by Eva A. Horne

KHS Editor's Report for 2011 by Curtis J. Schmidt

KHS Historian's Report for 2011 by Suzanne L. Collins

Report on Plans for the 39th Annual KHS Meeting in Hays, Kansas, in 2012 by KHS President-Elect Travis W. Taggart (Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University).

Election of KHS Officers for 2012. The KHS Nominating Committee is composed of David Oldham (Pittsburg State University, Kansas), Joseph T. Collins (Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence), and Dan Carpenter (Chairperson; Derby, Kansas), and offers the following slate of candidates:

For President
Travis W. Taggart, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Served as president-elect during 2011, and automatically assumes the KHS presidency on 1 January 2012.

For President-Elect
TBA (unopposed), TBA.

For Treasurer (unopposed)
David Oldham, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.

For Secretary (unopposed)
Eva A. Horne, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

KHS Awards Ceremony
Moderator: Joseph T. Collins, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas

Presentation of the Henry S. Fitch-Dwight R. Platt Award for Excellence in Field Herpetology for 2011. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $200.00.

Presentation of the Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship for 2011. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $300.00.

Presentation of the Alan H. Kamb Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes for 2011. The recipient receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $300.00.

Presentation of The Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology for 2011. The recipient of The Collins Award receives a commemorative certificate and a check for $1000.00.

Presentation of The Bronze Salamander Awards for Distinguished Service to the Kansas Herpetological Society for 2011.

KHS Business Meeting adjourns around 5:00 pm.


SATURDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2011

KHS SOCIAL & AUCTION

Where: TBA, TBA

When: 6:30 pm

The KHS Auction will be conducted in the TBA at the TBA by Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., Daniel Fogell & Eric Thiss, ably assisted by KHS Secretary Eva Horne and KHS Treasurer David Oldham, and featuring many breath-taking books and other items (of questionable value). The KHS takes cash, credit cards, and checks. Be sure and get a bidding number before the auction commences. Bid vigorously, and support the KHS.


SUNDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2011

8:00 am Registration for participants that did not register on Saturday: Eva Horne (KHS Secretary) & David Oldham (KHS Treasurer) in the TBA, TBA. Free coffee, juice, and donuts will be available.

Scientific Paper Session 5 in the TBA
Moderator: TBA, TBA

9:00 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

9:15 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

9:30 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

9:45 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

10:00 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

Break 10:15 am

Scientific Paper Session 6 in the TBA
Moderator: TBA, TBA

10:30 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

10:45 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:00 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:15 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:30 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

11:45 am Speaker: TBA, TBA. Topic: TBA

Noon: Presentation of the fourth annual George Toland Award for 2011. This award will be given for the best paper presented at the meeting by a KHS student member on the ecology of North American amphibians, reptiles, and/or turtles. The KHS Awards Committee will select the winner. The recipient must be present at the end of the KHS meeting to receive the commemorative certificate and a check for $200.00, co-sponsored by the KHS and The Center for North American Herpetology.

ADJOURNMENT

Have a safe trip home. See you on the first weekend in November 2012 in Hays, Kansas, for the 39th Annual KHS Meeting.


38th Annual Meeting Committee
Derek Schmidt (Chairperson)
Dan Carpenter, Suzanne L. Collins, Joseph T. Collins, Travis W. Taggart

Notes: The Suzanne L. & Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology will be given at this KHS 38th Annual Meeting in TBA, Kansas, to the KHS member judged to have taken the best photograph of a native species of Kansas herpetofauna. The KHS Awards Committee, composed of Daniel D. Fogell, Eva A. Horne & Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., will select the recipient from photographic prints on display in TBA, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, 5 November 2011, at the KHS meeting. During odd-numbered years (photography competition), only KHS members are eligible. During even-numbered years (scientific presentations or publications), candidates are strongly encouraged to join the KHS, because preference will be given to KHS members.


** after a title indicates it is a candidate for The Collins Award in 2012.

*** after a title indicates it is a candidate for The Toland Award, to be presented on Sunday (6 November 2011) at the close of the meeting. This year The Toland Award will be $200.00 and a commemorative certificate.

Nominations for the Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship for 2011 will be accepted from 1 January to 25 September 2011. Submit your nominees to the KHS Awards Committee Chairperson (see the inside front cover of the latest Journal of Kansas Herpetology). This year the Gloyd-Taylor Scholarship will be $300.00 and a commemorative certificate.

Applications for the Alan H. Kamb Endowed Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes for 2011 will be accepted from 1 January to 25 September 2011. Submit your application to the KHS Awards Committee Chairperson (see the inside front cover of the latest Journal of Kansas Herpetology). This year the Kamb Grant will be $300.00 and a commemorative certificate.


Updated 25 June 2011