Goa Meet 2009 : Payment Details

Total meet expenses will be Rs. 3000 from Panjim to Panjim. (Depending on number of participants, we expect it to be less).
Registration Amount: Rs. 2000. (50% refundable in case of cancellation done by 15 Sept. 09. Later on it will be decided depending upon the number of participants).
Please deposit the cheque in any ICICI ATM account in the country.
After deposition of the cheque please mail to me the details of the cheque.
Parag Rangnekar. ICICI bank. Acc. No: 001501008063.

In case of any clarification contact Amol 9820962452 or Parag 9822129811

Program Schedule : Goa 2009

[This is tentative program and may undergo changes in coming few days]

Day 1: 26th September 09 Saturday
- Arrival at Panjim early morning.
- Travel to Bondla and breakfast on the way. It is 55 km, one and half hour from Panjim.
- Room allocation and freshen up
11.00 AM Formal Inauguration, Introduction of participants, tentative program of the meet etc.
12.30 to 13.30 Lunch
13.30 onwards Field visit
19.00 to 21.00 Tea, discussion, slide shows etc.
21.00 Dinner
21.30 - Light trap for moths

Day 2: 27th September 2009 Sunday
Travel to Tambdi Surla. 35 km. from Bondla Field visit for the entire day.
Packed lunch will be taken.
Back to base camp at Bondla Evening freshen up Discussion, slide shows, screening etc
21.00 Dinner
21.30 - Light trap for moths

Day 3 28th September 2009, Monday
Travel to Dudh Sagar via Mollem/Collem 50 km from Bondla
Field visit for the entire day.
Packed lunch will be taken.
Back to base camp at Bondla Evening freshen up Discussion, slide shows, screening etc
21.00 Dinner
21.30 - Light trap for moths

Day 4 29th September 2009, Tuesday
Travel to Netravalli. 90 km from Bondla. The journey will commence in early morning.
Field visit for the entire day.
Packed lunch will be taken.
Back to base camp at Bondla Evening freshen up Discussion, slide shows, screening etc
21.00 Dinner
21.30 - Light trap for moths

Day 5 30th September 2009, Wednesday
Morning field visit at Bondla
Valedictory/ Thanks giving session
Lunch
Disperse
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Invitation : ButterflyIndia Meet 9 : Goa 2009

Dear Friends,

We are happy to inform you that the ButterflyIndia Meet 2009 is being planned from 26th-30th September 2009 in Goa. We are planning to organize it in Bondla WLS. Further details would be available on the group and here soon.

To express interest in the meet please enter your name here

Meet 2009 : Proposals

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Satyendra Tiwari [kaysat1 @ yahoo . co . in]

Proposed Location : Pachmarhi
State : Madhya Pradesh
Ideal Month / Dates : September Last week or first week of October
Possible Local Organizers : Satyendra K Tiwari
Highlights of the Location : Hill Station in M.P.
Why the location is important ? Because of its altitude and Sal forest we may see different butterflies than North or north east. Although they will never be in that numbers as seen in North east.
Remarks :

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Amol Patwardhan [power_amol @ yahoo . com]

Proposed Location : Kudremukh
State : Karnataka
Ideal Month / Dates : September- October
Possible Local Organizers : Prof. Mohandas
Highlights of the Location : Tropical Western Ghat forest+ Sholas
Why the location is important ? No Meet has been organised in that region.
Remarks : Mr. Mohandas is inviting for the meet since long.

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