One concern to me would be what individual states consider as foreign travel. It's possible that support for travel for some ISAC members would come not from federal but from state or local sources, which might have more restrictive policies. David At 04:53 PM 5/30/2002 -0400, Robert Palmer wrote: >As a clarification, travel to Canada and to Mexico IS classified as foreign >travel for federal government employees, if not for federal grantees. >However, at the NIH at least, if the meeting is one in a series organized >by a US-based agency and that series is normally held within the US, then >regulations associated with foreign travel can be suspended for that >particular meeting. >Rob Palmer > > >Julie > >For most purposes of NIH and NSF grants, and federal agencies, Canada is > >not considered "foreign travel". My understanding of the issues is that > >accommodation rates elsewhere were very high - Canada was attractively > >inexpensive..... > >best wishes > >paul > > > >On 28 May 2002, at 12:03, Julie Auger wrote: > > > > > >Colleagues - > >It was announced at ISAC XXI that the ISAC congress scheduled for 2006 > >may > >be held in Canada. I am sure that this is a great location, but I am > >concerned that many members of ISAC have trouble securing funding for > >international travel to meetings outside of the US. If so, you will not > >be able > >to attend another ISAC congress until 2008. If you feel this is a > concern for > >you, please email an ISAC officer or council member as soon as possible. > >The > >email addresses are available from the web site. > > > >Best wishes, > >Julie > >J.Paul Robinson, PhD PH:(765)4940757 > >Professor of Immunopharmacology > >Professor of Biomedical Engineering > >Purdue University FAX:(765)4940517 > >EMAIL:jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu > >WEB: http://www.cyto.purdue.edu > >Robert J. Palmer Jr., Ph.D. >Natl Inst Dental Craniofacial Res - Natl Insts Health >Oral Infection and Immunity Branch >Bldg 30, Room 308 >30 Convent Drive >Bethesda MD 20892 >ph 301-594-0025 >fax 301-402-0396 David W. Galbraith Professor of Plant Sciences Department of Plant Sciences University of Arizona 303 Forbes Building P.O. Box 210036 Tucson Arizona 85721-0036 USA. Tel: (520) 621-9153 Fax: (520) 621-7186 Email: galbraith@arizona.edu http://latin.arizona.edu/galbraith Plant-Insect Interaction program: http://ag.arizona.edu/pii-rtg
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