Dear Supporter of American Fisheries Society,
We are writing to invite you to become a sponsor and/or exhibit at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Washington – British Columbia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, planned for March 2-4, 2010 to be held this year at the Vancouver Island Conference Center in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. We are well on our way to organizing a sensational conference that, with your help, will very likely exceed all recent conferences
Your sponsorship and/or participation as an exhibitor at our Trade Show will help to promote discussion among fisheries professionals, planners, watershed managers, and public stakeholders, as we address our highly relevant theme “New research and applied science to meet fishery management needs”. Please see the Chapter web site http://www.wabc-afs.org for more information about the conference. WA-BC Chapter AFS activities that are supported through your sponsorship, include:
- Student support for conference travel, project support, awards, and scholarships,
- A venue for increased communication among fisheries professionals and stakeholders,
- Science-based peer reviews for the public process, and
- On-line access to all presentation abstracts and many presentations.
We greatly appreciate your financial donations, sponsorship of technical sessions or social events, in-kind contributions of labor, or direct contributions of meeting supplies. We have established sponsorship/exhibitor categories that make it possible for any size organization to make a contribution. All sponsors or exhibitors will be recognized on the meeting web site, at the meeting, and on the printed program. Your organization will also receive the following benefits from becoming a sponsor.
| Sponsorship Level | Greater Than | Exhibitor space | Advertisement in program | Complimentary registrations |
| King Neptune | $7,500 | 10 * 10+ | Full page | 5 |
| Gray Whale | $ 5,000 | 10 * 10 | Full page | 3 |
| Orca | 2,500 | 8 * 10 | ½ page | 2 |
| King Salmon | 1,000 | 8 * 8 | 1/3 page | 1 |
| Ling Cod | 500 | 6 * 6 | ¼ page | 1 |
| Rockfish | 300 | - | 1/8 page | 1 |
| Watershed groups | 0 | Table | na | 0 |
We look forward to hearing from you soon about your contribution to the success of this exciting conference. If you plan to be an Exhibitor, please see the Exhibitor Information page for an application. You may send your sponsorship/exhibitor check and application to WA-BC-AFS care of Treasurer, Erin Lowery, 12750 10th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125 (email:edl2@u.washington.edu) as soon as possible. Please contact me anytime for more details on sponsorship levels and benefits or to make Trade Show arrangements.
Sincerely,
Mark Pedersen, Program Chair
206-713-7619
margenex (at) comcast (dot) net