1. Proposals for symposia and workshops should be submitted by April 15 of the year prior to the desired date (i.e., 14 months in advance). Proposals will be reviewed and selections made at the Annual Meeting prior to the date of the proposed symposium (i.e., 12 months in advance). Proposals may be mailed to: Dr. Winston P. Smith, Chairperson, Program Committee, USDA Forest Service, Pacific NS Forest, Range Ex. Sta./8465 Old Dairy Road, Juneau, Alaska 99801. Proposals also can be submitted by e-mail. Contact Winston Smith at: wpaulsmith@aol.com.

2. Symposia and workshops should not exceed two hours in length with adequate time available for questions from the audience within the two hour limit. Requests for longer periods should be discussed with the Program Committee Chairperson.

3. Once a symposium/workshop has been accepted, the organizer is responsible for sending all abstracts in a single packet to the local committee by the deadline for abstracts announced in the Call for Papers. The local committee may cancel a symposium if abstracts are not received by the deadline.

1. Because the audience will have research backgrounds in diverse areas, the key is to present material in a way that is understandable and exciting to an audience with broad and varied interests.

2. Speakers should have sufficient time to develop their topic and to integrate results of several workers, not just give a brief description of their own work.

3. Presentations should represent "state-of-the-art" research and provide an overview of significant questions in the chosen topic.

5. Symposia should be of sufficient quality to warrant publication. Organizers are encouraged to pursue publication of symposia; however, a plan to pursue publication is not a criterion for selection; breadth and quality of the symposium are.

6. Organizers are encouraged to seek outside funding to defray publication and travel costs for participants. Organizers should consult the Program Committee for potential sources of funding.

1. The purpose of workshops is to provide a venue for hands-on learning or extensive discussion of a specific topic. Although a time limit of two hours is suggested, format and time limits are flexible and limited only by the ability of the local committee to accommodate needs of the workshop.

2. Workshops may be narrower in scope and more informal than symposia. Workshops may be coordinated with symposia to provide a more detailed discussion of ideas or hands-on experience with equipment or procedures presented in the symposia.