It's time to register for the 2013 Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, 23-26 July 2013, JW Marriott New Orleans, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA! The 2013 SFIWC registration form is available exclusively online through Eventbrite again this year. Go to http://sfiwc2013.eventbrite.com to register. The registration fee is $270 ($170 for students and retired members), which includes a ticket to the Wednesday night banquet for the registrant. Extra banquet tickets for guests are $45. Banquet tickets for kids 12 and under are $15. Registration receipts and banquet tickets will be distributed at the registration table. Pre-registration on the Eventbrite website will be accepted until July 12, 2013. After this date, only on-site registration will be available. IMPORTANT!!!: If you choose, you can now pay your registration fee online at the Eventbrite website (http://sfiwc2013.eventbrite.com) with a credit card prior to the meeting! Please be aware that the deadline for paying via credit card is July 12, 2013. Credit card payments will NOT be accepted after this date! Credit card payments will NOT be accepted "at the door!" IMPORTANT!!!: If you are not paying your registration fee with a credit card, please go to Eventbrite website (http://sfiwc2013.eventbrite.com) to fill out the registration form, indicating your payment preference. There are options on the online registration form for paying via mailing a check to me or using a check or cash "at the door." Instead of pressing the "Register" button (to pay via credit card), press the "Show other payment options" and then "Pay Offline" buttons to select one of these additional payment choices. Please be aware that an additional $8.00 fee applies to all Canadian and other non-U.S. checks. This year's banquet will be a plated dinner with your choice of entrees: Grilled Gulf Fish (with a Tomato Coulis Sauce over Mushroom Rice) or Seared Chicken Breast over Boudin. Vegetarian plates (Vegetable Napoleon - Roasted Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Spinach and Portobello Mushroom & layered with Mozzarella Cheese) also are available; please be sure to mark your preference on the registration form. One banquet ticket (for yourself) is included in your registration fee. This year, children 12 and under will have the following menu choices: Chicken Strips with Fries or Hot Dog with a Bag of Chips. Extra banquet tickets for adult and child guests can be purchased using the online registration form. If you do not want to pay for your extra banquet ticket(s) using a credit card, please select the number of tickets you want and then choose your preferred method of payment. If you are paying for your extra banquet ticket(s) separately from your registration fee, please fill out separate online forms for your registration fee and ticket(s). Remember to reserve your room at the JW Marriott New Orleans no later than June 28. It is very important that everyone planning to attend this year's meeting reserve their room(s) before this deadline, so that we meet our room occupancy obligation with the hotel. Please use the group code "FTW" when booking your hotel reservation by phone (1-877-622-3056), or go online (https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=102924…) to get the special rate of $101.00 per night plus tax. Remember, this low rate is valid only for the first 80 rooms (first 30 on Monday, July 22). Please go to http://www.sfiwc.org//2013/index.html<http://www.sfiwc.org/2013/index.ht… for details. Parking is valet only and costs $28.00 per day plus tax ($31.36 total per day). Meeting details are available on http://www.sfiwc.org//2013/index.html<http://www.sfiwc.org/2013/index.ht…. I hope to see you in New Orleans! William P. Shepherd, SFIWC Secretary-Treasurer This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.