Dear PIGs, the organizers of the topical session "Gemological Research in the 21st Century" have invited PIGs at GSA to join them for dinner on Monday, Oct. 28, the GIA's "Alumni Night" during the GSA Conference, from 6 - 9:30 p.m. at Maggiano´s Restaurant, in downtown Denver. The cost is $25, which includes dinner and one drink. If you would like to attend, you can register and pay online at https://denvergsaalumnidinner.eventbrite.com or contact Kate Donovan, Manager of Alumni Relations, GIA, at Kate.donovan@gia.edu. Thanks to Kate, Dona Dirlam, and Jim Shigley for extending this offer. The PIG meeting at Wynkoop Brewing is hereby moved to the GIA alumni dinner event. David London Stubbeman-Drace Presidential Professor and Norman R. Gelphman Professor of Geology and Director, Electron Microprobe Laboratory ConocoPhillips School of Geology & Geophysics University of Oklahoma 100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 SEC Norman, OK 73019 (ph): 405-325-7626 (fax): 405-325-3140 visit PEGMATOPIA: http://pegmatopia.ou.edu visit the Pegmatite Interest Group: http://www.minsocam.org/msa/special/Pig/ visit our Electron Microprobe Laboratory: http://ors.ou.edu/Microprobe/OUEMPLhome.asp