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THE 1818 SOCIETY BULLETIN Volume 2, Issue 18 AUGUST 2008   The 30th Annual Meeting of The 1818 Society will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.? The business meeting will convene promptly at 3:30 p.m. in the J Auditorium, room JB1-080, in the basement of the J Building, 701 18th Street, NW.??After the meeting there will be a reception from 6:15 to 7 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. in the 12th floor gallery of the Main Complex.? Further information will be mailed later. From The 1818 Society President’s Desk Dear Members: At the top, you will see information on the Thirtieth Annual Meeting and the traditional Annual Dinner. Please note the date and time on your calendar. We hope to see a big membership turnout for these events. The Thirtieth Anniversary publication is moving ahead, thanks to Tom Blinkhorn. We have had good response in the form of reminiscences, vignettes, short stories and photographs from several members and the publication promises to balance an optimal dose of nostalgia with a lot of fun. Your Board discussed the business issues relating to this publication at its last meeting, with Zafar Ahmed in the lead. The game-plan emerging is somewhat like this. The publication, to be released in October, will be in the form of an E-BOOK that will be accessible through our 1818 Society Website. Once this electronic publication is released, we expect that it will stimulate additional contributions in the form of photos as well as written pieces. We would thereafter proceed with the publication of a paper-version, perhaps as a table top book. It is good to note that our Chapters are vibrant. You will find details of forthcoming activities elsewhere in this Bulletin. We hope that a sizeable number of you can make it to these events, which promise to be most enjoyable. What can be better than renewing social contacts with erstwhile colleagues? Indeed, one of the main purposes of the Soci