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General

Please note that the deadline for Advance Registration for the Joint Meetings, Employment Center, Short Courses, Minicourses, and Tickets has been extended to December 15, 2004. After this date please register at the meeting. The Registration Desk will be located in the Grand Hall Foyer, Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Hours of operation will be: January 4: 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm; January 5, 6, 7: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm; and January 8: 7:30 am to 2:00 pm.

The importance of advance registration cannot be overemphasized. Advance registration fees are considerably lower than the fees that will be charged for registration at the meeting. Participants registering by November 5 will receive their badges, programs, and tickets purchased in advance by mail approximately three weeks before the meetings, unless they check the appropriate box to the contrary on the Advance Registration/Housing Form. Because of delays that occur in U.S. mail to Canada, advance registrants from Canada must pick up their materials at the meetings. Because of delays that occur in U.S. mail to overseas, materials are never mailed overseas. There will be a special Registration Assistance Desk at the Joint Meetings to assist individuals who either do not receive this mailing or who have a problem with their registration. Please note that a $5 replacement fee will be charged for programs and badges that are mailed but not taken to Atlanta. Acknowledgments of registrations will be sent by email to the email addresses given on the Advance Registration/Housing Form. If you do not wish your registration acknowledged by email, please mark the appropriate box on the form.

All mathematicians who wish to attend sessions are expected to register and should be prepared to show their badges if so requested. Badges are required to enter the exhibit area, to obtain discounts at the AMS and MAA Book Sales, and to cash a check with the Joint Meetings cashier.

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Advance registration forms accompanied by insufficient payment will be returned, thereby delaying the processing of any housing request, or a $5 charge will be assessed if an invoice must be prepared to collect the delinquent amount. Overpayments of less than $5 will not be refunded.

For each invalid check or credit card transaction that results in an insufficient payment for registration or housing, a $5 charge will be assessed. Participants should check with their tax preparers for applicable deductions for education expenses as they pertain to these meetings.

If you wish to be included in a list of individuals sorted by mathematical interest, please provide the one mathematics subject classification number of your major area of interest on the Advance Registration/Housing Form. (A list of these numbers is available by sending an empty email message to abs-submit@ams.org; include the number 983 as the subject of the message.) Copies of this list will be available for your perusal in the Networking Center.

Where Your Registration Dollars Go:

The AMS and MAA make every effort to keep participant expenses at meetings and registration fees for meetings as low as possible. We work hard to negotiate the best hotel rates and to make the best use of your registration dollars to keep the meeting affordable for you. When you pay the registration fee, you are helping to support a wide range of activities associated with planning, organizing, and running a major meeting of this size.

Planning involves such activities as site selection which begins more than five years before the meeting. This encomapsses looking for the best hotel and convention center facilities at reasonable rates. The staff also attends to the needs of other organizations, such as the Association for Symbolic Logic, the Association for Women in Mathematics, and the National Association of Mathematicians. Processing over 1600 abstracts and scheduling all sessions, speakers, over 100 committee meetings, and more than 50 social events requires a great deal of precise planning and coordination. These activities along with the production and printing of the meetings program and timetable, the handling of over 4,000 advance registrations, making over 2,000 hotel reservations, preparing badges for advance registrants, and the mailing of advance registration materials are just a part where your registration dollar goes. At the meeting site some of the major expenses are room rental, audiovisual equipment and services, the email center, and support personnel (such as freight handlers and typists).

While the AMS and MAA work hard to make the best use of registration dollars and keep the meetings affordable, your suggestions on how to keep costs down are welcome. While at the meeting please enter your comments in the log at the Transparencies section of the Registration Desk. After the meeting is over, you may forward your suggestions to the Director of Meetings, AMS, P.O. Box 6887, Providence, RI 02940, or send email to dms@ams.org.

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If you do not wish to be included in any mailing list used for promotional purposes, please indicate this in the appropriate box on the Advance Registration/Housing Form.

Email Advance Registration

Email Advance Registration: This service is available for advance registration and housing arrangements by requesting the forms via email from meetreg-request@ams.org. VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are the only methods of payment that can be accepted for email advance registration, and charges to credit cards will be made in U.S. funds. Completed email forms should be sent to meetreg-submit@ams.org. All advance registrants will receive acknowledgment of payment prior to the meetings.

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U.S. Mail Advance Registration

To register by U.S. Mail, please print out a copy of the pdf version of the form and mail a completed copy to MMSB, P. O. Box 6887, Providence, RI 02940. You may also fax it to the attention of the MMSB, 401-455-4004.

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Internet Advance Registration

You can register on the internet by clicking on the Advance Registration/Housing Form here. VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are the only methods of payment which are accepted for Internet advance registration, and charges to credit cards will be made in U.S. funds. All Internet advance registrants will receive acknowledgment of payment upon submission of this form.

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Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy: Those who cancel their advance registration for the meetings, MAA Minicourses, or Short Courses by December 31 (the deadline for refunds for banquet tickets is December 27) will receive a 50% refund of fees paid. No refunds will be issued after this date.

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Advance Registration Deadlines

There are four separate advance registration deadlines, each with its own advantages and benefits:

Employment Center October 25 Applicant and employer forms must be received by October 25 in order to be reproduced in the Winter Lists for the Employment Center.
EARLY October 29

Those who register by the early deadline of October 29 will be included in a random drawing to select winners of complimentary hotel rooms in Atlanta. Multiple occupancy is permissible. The location of rooms to be used in this lottery will be based on the number of complimentary rooms available in the various hotels. Therefore, the free room may not necessarily be in the winner's first-choice hotel. The winners will be notified by mail prior to December 17. So register early!

ORDINARY November 5 Those who register by the ordinary deadline of November 5 may elect to receive your badge and program by mail in advance of the meetings. Extended to November 10.
ORDINARY November 5 Those who register after October 29 and by the ordinary deadline of November 5 may use the housing services offered by the MMSB but are not eligible for the room lottery. Extended to December 7. We will take reservations until 4:00 pm on December 8. Please contact the MMSB before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, December 8 at mmsb@ams.org if you want a reservation. Starting on December 14, you may call the hotels directly to get a room. Based on availability, our convention rate will be available. If you get a higher rate, please contact Penny at pop@ams.org.
ORDINARY November 5 Those who register after October 29 and by the ordinary deadline of November 5 will be entered into a special lottery. The winner will receive a new HP Graphing Calculator. This lottery is held in appreciation for using our housing service (MMSB). Extended to November 15.
FINAL December 10 Extended to December 15 Those who register after November 10 and by the final deadline of December 10 must pick up their badges, programs, and any tickets for social events at the meetings. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide final advance registrants with housing after November 5. Please note that the December 10 deadline is firm (extended to December 15); any forms received after that date will be returned and full refunds issued. Please come to the registration desk in the lobby of the Grand Hall on the exhibit level of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

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Registration Fees and Categories

 

Category

Register by
December 10

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Member
  (of AMS, ASL, CMS, MAA, or SIAM)
$199 $259
Nonmember $308 $401
Temporarily Employed $158 $181
Temporarily Employed: Any person currently employed but who will become unemployed by June 1, 2005, and who is actively seeking employment.
Emeritus Member
  AMS or MAA
$39 $49
Emeritus: Persons who qualify for emeritus membership in either the Society or the Association. The emeritus status refers to any person who has been a member of the AMS or MAA for twenty years or more and who retired because of age or long-term disability from his or her latest position.
Graduate Student $39 $49

Graduate Student: Those currently working toward a degree or diploma. Students are asked to determine whether their status can be described as graduate (working toward a degree beyond the bachelor's), undergraduate (working toward a bachelor's degree), or high school (working toward a high school diploma).

Unemployed $39 $49
Unemployed: Any person currently unemployed, actively seeking employment, and not a student. It is not intended to include any person who has voluntarily resigned or retired from his or her latest position
Librarian $39 $49
Librarian: Any librarian who is not a professional mathematician.
High School Teacher $39 $49
Developing Countries Special Rate $39 $49
Developing Countries: Any person employed in developing countries where salary levels are radically noncommensurate with those in the U.S.
Undergraduate Student $21 $27
High School Student $2 $5
One-Day Member (onsite only)
  (of AMS, ASL, CMS, MAA, or SIAM)
N/A $142
One-Day Nonmember (onsite only) N/A $220
Nonmathematician Guest $10 $10
Guest: Any family member or friend who is not a mathematician and who is accompanied by a participant of the meetings. These official guests will receive a badge and may attend all sessions and the exhibits.
AMS Short Course: The Radon Transform and Applications to Inverse Problems

Category

Register by
December 10

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AMS Short Course - member of AMS or MAA $85 $115
AMS Short Course - nonmember $108 $140
AMS Short Course - student, unemployed, emeritus $37 $55
MAA Short Course: Seven Lectures on Random Graphs

Category

Register by
December 10

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MAA Short Course - member of MAA or AMS $125 $140
MAA Short Course - nonmember $175 $190
MAA Short Course - student, unemployed, emeritus $50 $60
Employment Center

Category

Register by
December 10

Register at Mtg

Employment Center-1st Table (computer or self-scheduled) $225 $305
Employment Center-2nd Table (computer or self-scheduled) $75 $105
Employment Center-Posting Job Description Only $50 N/A
Employment Center-Applicant (all services) $42 $80
Employment Center-Applicant (winter list & message center only) $21 $21

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Minicourses

Minicourses (all fees apply before and during the meeting)

Minicourses 1-6 (Computer minis): $95 (limit 30)
Minicourse 7-9, 11, 12, 14-16: $60 (limit 50)

Minicourse 10: $60 (limit 40)
Minicourses 13: $70 (limit 30)

Minicourse #1: Visual Linear Algebra SOLD OUT
Minicourse #2: Teaching a Galois Theory for Undergraduates
Minicourse #3: Creating Interactive Workbooks Using MS EXCEL
Minicourse #4: Java Applets in Teaching Mathematics SOLD OUT
Minicourse #5: Hands-On Discrete Mathematics with Technology
Minicourse #6: WEBWORK, An Internet-Based System for Generating and Delivering Homework Problems to Students
Minicourse #7: Developing Your Department's Assessment Plan
Minicourse #8: Mathematical Finance
Minicourse #9: Infusing Connections Into Core Courses for Future Secondary Teachers
Minicourse #10: Bridging the Gap Between Mathematics and the Physical Sciences
Minicourse #11: Fair Enough? Mathematics of Equity
Minicourse #12: Getting Students Involved in Undergraduate Research
Minicourse #13: Origami in Undergraduate Mathematics Courses
Minicourse #14: Euler
Minicourse #15: Conceptests and Peer Instruction: Active Learning in the Calculus Classroom
Minicourse #16: Music and Mathematics

Nonmathematician Guest: Any family member or friend who is not a mathematician and who is accompanied by a participant in the meetings. These official guests will receive a badge and may attend all sessions and the exhibits.

Participants Who Are Not Members of the AMS and who register for the meetings as nonmembers will receive mailings after the meetings are over with a special membership offer.

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Housing

Hotelpage

NOTE: All hotels are sold out except for the Hyatt and Marriott. Please choose one of these 2 hotels.

We will take reservations until 4:00 pm on December 8. Please contact the MMSB before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, December 8 at mmsb@ams.org if you want a reservation. Starting on December 14, you may call the hotels directly to get a room. Based on availability, our convention rate will be available. If you get a higher rate, please contact Penny at pop@ams.org.

LOOK!Looking for a roommate? Please check the bulletin board here.

Participants should be aware that the AMS and MAA contract only with facilities who are working toward being in compliance with the public accommodations requirements of the ADA.

Participants requiring hotel reservations should read the instructions on the following hotel pages. Participants who did not reserve a room during advance registration and would like to obtain a room at one of the hotels listed on the following pages should call the hotels directly after December 13. However, after that date the MMSB can no longer guarantee availability of rooms or special convention rates. Participants should be aware that most hotels are starting to charge a penalty fee to guests for departure changes made before or after guests have checked into their rooms. These hotels are indicated on the hotel page at http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2091_hotelpage.html. Participants should also inquire about this at check-in and make their final plans accordingly.

Participants should also be aware that it is general hotel practice in most cities to hold a nonguaranteed reservation until 6:00 p.m. only. When one guarantees a reservation by paying a deposit or submitting a credit card number as a guarantee in advance, however, the hotel usually will honor this reservation up until checkout time the following day. If the individual holding the reservation has not checked in by that time, the room is then released for sale, and the hotel retains the deposit or applies one night's room charge to the credit card number submitted.

If you hold a guaranteed reservation at a hotel but are informed upon arrival that there is no room for you, there are certain things you can request the hotel do. First, they should provide for a room at another hotel in town for that evening at no charge. (You already paid for the first night when you made your deposit.) They should pay for taxi fares to the other hotel that evening and back to the meetings the following morning. They should also pay for one telephone toll call so that you can let people know you are not at the hotel you expected. They should make every effort to find a room for you in their hotel the following day and, if successful, pay your taxi fares to and from the second hotel so that you can pick up your baggage and bring it to the first hotel. Not all hotels in all cities follow this practice, so your request for these services may bring mixed results or none at all.

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