### Apologies for cross-posting ### Dear community, We would like to remind you of the forthcoming Pre-Meeting Congress at the Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting in Baltimore, MD (USA): X61 - “Standards and Reference Materials for Microanalysis” Sunday, August 5, 2018 (8:30 to 5 PM; Baltimore, MD) https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2018/program/congress_X61.cfm Get $50 discount by registering on or before June 25th! You do NOT need to be a FIGMAS member to register for this PMC. This Pre-Meeting Congress will consist of the following three topics and their respective invited speakers: PART 1 - Standard-based and standardless best practices Nicholas Ritchie (NIST) Philippe Pinard (Oxford Instruments) Steve Seddio (Thermo Scientific) PART 2 - Standard maintenance and availability Cathy Johnson (Mager Scientific) Tim Rose (Smithsonian Institution - National Museum for Natural History) Gene Rodek (SPI) PART 3 - Sourcing and creating future standard materials Steve Wilson (USGS) William Nachlas (Syracuse University) Download a flyer for details (available at https://figmas.org/PDF/FIGMAS_PMC_M&M18_flyer.pdf). Many thanks to our sponsors! GOLD: - JEOL USA, Inc. Bronze: - International Association of Geoanalysts Ltd - Structure Probe, Inc. (SPI Supplies) Steel: - Oxford Instruments, plc. - Probe Software, Inc. Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore! For FIGMAS, Julien M. Allaz (leader) Anette von der Handt (leader-elect) Owen K. Neill (secretary-treasurer) **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask], Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask] On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/jeoluserlist.html *