Greetings!
Please join the Allegheny Chapter of the Society of Research Administrators
at our Spring Meeting on March 19th, 1999.  The meeting will be held at the
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown Campus Conference Center in Johnstown,
PA.  Allegheny Chapter SRA welcomes anyone with an interest in Research
Administration.  ACSRA provides an opportunity to network with your
colleagues in Research Administration and take advantage of professional
development sessions for a very low registration fee.

The planned schedule for the meeting is as follows:

8:30-9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30-10:45 Plenary Session with Edward Donanhue, Deputy Director, DEA,
NINDS, NIH - Discussing what we can do as administrators to expedite the
paper flow process with the recent changes at NIH.
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Morning Concurrent Sessions
12:30-2:00 Roundtable Luncheon and Business Meeting
2:00-3:30 Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
3:30 Meeting Adjourned.
Planned Concurrent Session Topics are:
*Budget Building (2 part morning and afternoon session)
*Preparing for the Certified Research Administrators Exam
*Departmental Administation
*Dissemination of Information to Your Research Community
*Introduction to Electronic Research Administration
*Proceedures and Processes for Research Administration

The meeting registration fee of $35.00 includes the cost of the session
handout materials, continental breakfast, coffee break and lunch.  You may
register by contacting Allegheny Chapter Treasurer, Robert Meyer, at Penn
State University  xxxxxx@psu.edu.

If you are interested in overnight accommodations please call the Johnstown
Sleep Inn (814) 262-9292 and request the special rate of $39.99 for the
Allegheny Chapter SRA meeting and the Conference Center.

More information will be available soon on the SRA Home Page at
http://web.fie.com/cws/sra/alchap.htm.

Jennifer Morgan, M.H.A.
President, Allegheny Chapter, SRA

Jennifer Morgan, M.H.A.
Director, Office of Grants & Contracts
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Systems
3811 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15213

voice (412) 624-0743
fax (412) 624-0714
xxxxxx@msx.upmc.edu

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