Abstract Day Challenges

I have an abbreviated post today because I am in the process of trying to submit two abstracts to a talk in NOVEMBER that are due.  Normally, this is a piece of cake and I have done it countless times.  But, the conference rules of this science meeting have changed, and before an abstract can be submitted, all co-authors need to establish and electronic identity in the conference electronic gizmo site.....even if they are NOT going to this meeting.  This was a very NEW issue.... and I am scrambling trying to get a lot of folks to make this identity in the conference site so that I may actually list them as a co-author. 

So, not the post I had planned..... but this is the post I can do,today.  

This took me by surprise as in the close to 40 years I have been involved with this conference, this was never needed previously.  

Oh well..... nothing stays the same, I guess.....no matter how much more convenient it would be.  

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