By all accounts the 2001 Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Ontario and Canada was a wonderful success. From the venue at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Center in Niagara Falls, to the workshops, plenary and submitted papers, posters, food and social activities - I am sure all of the 255 registered participants had an enjoyable 4 days. Many of the sponsors of our meeting have indicated to me that they were thrilled with the overall outcome of the meeting and the opportunity to reconnect with the entomological societies in Canada. On top of all of this, we managed to harvest a reasonable profit that has been fairly divided between the Entomological Societies of Ontario and Canada. I will leave it up to the Executive in each of the organizations to provide you with the details on the funds that were given to them by the Organizing Committee for the 2001 JAM. We hope that at least some of the profit from the meeting can be directed towards an entomology outreach/ extension project in the next few years.
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all the members of the 2001 JAM Organizing Committee for all their hard work and dedication in the many months leading up to the conference and during the actual event in Niagara Falls. I couldn't have done it without you. What a team we were!
Sincerely