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9th Annual Meeting

May 4-6 2012 Summary Schedule

Friday 4th May
6pm-9pm Reception

Saturday 5th May
8.30am-4.00 pm
Annual Meeting Program

6pm-9pm Banquet & Annual Awards

Sunday 6th May
Field Trips

2012 Call for Papers

NRAF 9th Annual Meeting

Mesquite NV

May 4-6th, 2012.

NRAF's 9th Annual Meeting is being held May 4–6, 2012 at the CasaBlanca Hotel-Casino, Mesquite, Nevada.

Mesquite is located in the rugged Virgin River Valley, just south of the Utah border, only 45 miles southwest of St. George, Utah. With such a location, Mesquite offers easy access to many of Utah’s national parks and monuments, as well as some of Nevada’s great rock art. Nevada’s oldest state park, Valley of Fire, is 45 miles south of Mesquite and offers petroglyphs from Basketmaker and Puebloan cultures in the region. Field trips will be announced in the upcoming weeks, but members are guaranteed spectacular viewing of rock art. The region presents an interesting blend of Great Basin and Southwest styles of rock art.

The meeting begins Friday evening (May 4) with a no-host reception, an event that sets the tone for the rest of the meeting. Come early, greet old friends, make new ones, and prepare to enjoy the hospitality of the CasaBlanca Hotel, the host hotel.

On Saturday, May 5th, the meeting officially begins with a summation of the year, lectures, presentations, and shopping with featured vendors.

Saturday night is the Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony. The theme for this year’s banquet is ‘Southwestern Flair.’ Menu selections include assorted salads, salsas with corn tortilla chips, chicken fajitas, cheese enchiladas, tacos, grilled salmon with tequila cream sauce, side dishes, and churros and Tres Leches cake for dessert.

Sunday, May 6th, will be the day for field trips. As the trips are arranged, information will be sent out so that members can mark their preferences for site visits.

Past Annual Meeting Locations

Eureka NV, 2011
Mammoth Lakes CA, 2010
Mesquite NV, 2009
Minden NV, 2008
Boulder City NV, 2007
Tonopah NV, 2006
Reno NV, 2005
Overton NV, 2004

HOTEL INFORMATION

The Casablanca Hotel and Casino is located in Mesquite, Nevada, approximately one and a half hours northeast of Las Vegas and nine hours southeast of Reno. Special room rates ($69.98/night excluding taxes) are available for Annual Meeting participants who reserve before April 12th, or until supply is exhausted. To book your room, call Reservations at 1.877.438.2929 and use the group code #1Rock12. Please reserve your room early to guarantee receiving the special rate.

REGISTER BY APRIL 15th
To register for the Annual Meeting, please return the Registration Form and mail it with your payment to: The Nevada Rock Art Foundation, 641 Jones Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 or, email your registration information to info@nvrockart.org. Registrations are due by April 15. Participants registering after April 10th must do so on-site, and will be subject to an additional $15 fee.