Re: NAPC Abstract Deadline!@#$% (posted for T. Lipka)

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From: Tompaleo@aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:19:14 -0500
To: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: NAPC Abstract Deadline!@#$%
Status: RO

January 19  may be the deadline for abstacts but what happens if the
Government shutdown continues.  Technically, the Smithsonian is also shut
down. I have yet to get a reply regarding the NAPC  that was e-mailed  over a
week  ago. Ditto for a piece personal email sent there too.

How will this affect the abstract deadline?  If no one is there to collect
 and presumably date the time of reception of abstracts, how will anyone know
when their abstract was recieved? Granted, checking the postmark on the
cancelled postage could be used to  bracket the date but the cancellation
date and the date the parcel _was_delivered_ may also vary.

Any sugestions?

Regards,
Thomas R. Lipka
Paleontological/Geological Studies