President's Message
July/August 2011
(as published in Arch Notes New Series 16(4))
Like most people I talk to these days, I’m finding life is too busy for offering much opportunity for insightful commentary and reflective consideration of archaeology and life – so much to do and too little summer to do it all in! So please excuse the short message this time.
I want to encourage all of you to consider attending the OAS conference, which is scheduled for October 13-16 in Ottawa. The organizing committee and folks of the Ottawa Chapter are doing a great job pulling together a really exciting conference, including tours, public talks, and a host of additional activities beyond what are also some very interesting looking sessions. This includes a public talk and reception at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum on the Thursday evening, and walking tours of downtown Ottawa on Sunday, so plan to make a nice long weekend get-away and join everyone for a memorable time and conference.
Registration is now open and can be accessed at: http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/OASsymposium/2011Symposium.php.
I also want to mention that in future president’s reports I hope to report on some of the many activities the Board and other members of the organization are currently up to, ranging from creating a great deal of additional digital content for the webpage, getting our new web-based membership system up and running, and developing new endowment funds, including a fund to support graduate student research focussed on Ontario archaeology.
But for now, and in order to get back to some of those tasks, I wish you a good ‘rest of summer’ and see you again this fall.
Neal Ferris