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The Northern Coleopterists Meeting will take place on Saturday, 27th September 2008 from 10:00am to 16.30pm at Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.

Agenda
10:00 - TEA/COFFEE
10:25 - Introduction - Tom Hubball
10:30 - Manchester Museum: Collections and Records – Dmitri Logunov
11.00 - Beetles Associated with Lundy Cabbage – Roger Key *Updated*
11:45 - Why We Need More Work in the Lake District:
The Last Stronghold of Hydroporus rufifrons – Garth Foster
12:30 - LUNCH (Please note that lunch is not provided)
13:30 - Buglife and Beetle Conservation - Matt Shardlow or Jamie Roberts
14:15 - Water Beetle Recording and Conservation in Yorkshire – Martin Hammond
14:30 - Preparing, Setting and Mounting Specimens – Don Stenhouse
15:15 - Informal discussions, viewing exhibits and identification of specimens.
16:30 - END

Please bring along any exhibits for discussion or set specimens for identification (unfortunately due to time constraints we will be unable to try to identify any un-set specimens).
The Entomology Departments library and collections will be available to view and some microscopes will also be available but please feel free to bring your own.
Please note that lunch is not provided. However the museum has it's own cafe and there are a variety of fast food restaurants in the vicinity. As food and drink may not be consumed in the Entomology Dept, a room is provided for anyone bringing a packed lunch.
The nearest car park to the museum is Booth Street West. This is open from 6am-midnight
For directions, see http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/yourvisit/travel
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact myself or Dmitri on the phone numbers/email addresses below.
See you there.

Tom Hubball01535 678334 (after 6pm) - email vc63dragonfly@blueyonder.co.uk
or
Dmitri Logunov, Manchester Museum 0161 275 2666 -email dmitri.v.logunov@manchester.ac.uk