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Registration The governing boards of the Drosophila community and The Genetics Society of America (GSA), sponsoring organization of the Conference, have agreed that members and affiliates of GSA who attend the Conference should pay the lowest fees as a benefit of GSA membership. If you wish to join GSA, you may do so by going to the GSA Application web site where you may submit online or you may print and complete the application and mail it with the appropriate separate dues payment to the GSA Administrative Office. Only graduate and undergraduate students qualify for the reduced student rate. Postdoctoral students and laboratory technicians do not qualify for the student rate and must pay the faculty/ postdoctoral/lab tech rate.
The deadline for receipt of advance registration at the reduced rate is Thursday, February 12, 2004. Credit cards must be used to register for the Conference via the online registration site open on or about November 1, 2003. After February 12, 2004, you must register at the higher rates, and it will be too late to receive the program and abstracts volume by mail in advance of the meeting.
Payment must be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Note that use of a credit card at the online registration site does not include a third party payment system. Credit card payments will not be accepted by telephone or fax.
A $35 processing fee will be charged for all registration cancellations. Registrations will be accepted and refunds processed by returning the Conference badge and payment receipt along with a written (via e-mail to tvogel@gsa-genetics.org) request to cancel the registration. Cancellation requests must reach the GSA office by Wednesday, March 17, 2004. After that date, no refunds will be made.
Program and abstracts volumes will be available at the Conference. The registration fee does not include the cost of mailing the program and abstracts volume prior to the Conference. To keep meeting registration costs from increasing, the book will be mailed prior to the Conference only to U.S. resident pre-registrants who indicate when registering that they wish to receive the book by priority mail prior to the Conference, and who include the required $15 fee with the advance registration form received by February 12, 2004. Non-U.S. resident preregistrants may request delivery only by Federal Express or other private delivery carrier by contacting Toney Vogel, registrar, at tvogel@genetics-gsa.org. Individuals making this request must supply their Federal Express or other private delivery carrier account number. Note that due to the weight of the program and abstracts volume (nearly three pounds), Federal Express charges may be as high as $30–$50 USD. Check with your local Federal Express office if cost is a concern. Other types of delivery outside the U.S. have proven to be unreliable in the past and will not be offered. Because of the limited time between publication of the program and abstracts volume and the beginning of the Conference, GSA cannot guarantee that your program and abstracts book will be delivered to you prior to your departure for the Conference.
The registration and information area will be located in the Promenade on the fourth floor of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, and open according to the following schedule:
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