• Project No. and Title: WERA1 - Coordinating Beef Cattle Breeding Research and Education Programs for the Western States
• Dates: 05/24/2016 to 05/27/2016
• Contacts: [Robert Godfrey]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 05/24/2016 at University of the Virgin Islands on St Croix . :

Admin Advisor: Bret Hess (bhess@unr.edu)

The joint meeting of S-1064 and WERA-1 will be held at the University of the Virgin Islands on St Croix on May 25-27, 2016. The meeting will be on May 25-26, with an additional group activity scheduled for May 27.<br /> <br /> The Renaissance St. Croix Carambola Beach Resort & Spa (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/stxbr-renaissance-st-croix-carambola-beach-resort-and-spa/) has reserved a block of rooms as follows for Tuesday, May 24, 2016 – Saturday, May 28, 2016: <br /> <br /> Room Single Rate Double Rate Triple Rate Quad Rate<br /> Island View $149.00 $149.00 $159.00 $169.00<br /> Deluxe Island View $179.00 $179.00 $189.00 $199.00<br /> Deluxe Ocean View $219.00 $219.00 $229.00 $239.00<br /> Deluxe Beachfront View $259.00 $259.00 $269.00 $279.00<br /> <br /> **Group rates will be honored three nights before and after block dates based on availability. <br /> <br /> Rates are based on single or double occupancy; additional person sharing room (above age 18) will be charged $10.00 per person, per day. Room rates are subject to applicable taxes and fees currently 22.5% (12.5% government tax and 10% resort fee) per room, per night and are non -commissionable.<br /> <br /> To make a reservation contact Tiffany at 340-778-3800 ext. 6200 or by email at tiffany.camacho@carambolabeach.com. (The online link is no longer available.)<br /> <br /> Indicate that it is for the UVI Agricultural Experiment Station and the room type that you would like.<br /> <br /> Room reservations must be made with the hotel by April 24, 2016. After that date any unbooked rooms will be released from the block.<br /> <br /> When making flight reservations use the St Croix airport code (STX). Our major carrier is American Airlines with daily flights through Miami. You can also travel through San Juan Puerto Rico (SJU) with a wider selection of airlines.<br /> <br /> There are taxis at the airport for getting to the hotel and they only take cash.<br /> You can also rent a car with the major agencies (Avis, Budget, Hertz), just remember we drive of the LEFT here in the islands.<br /> <br /> UVI-AES will provide transportation from the hotel to campus and for meetings and tours (will include spouses if they want to come). The registration fee will be a little higher than for past meetings because of the cost of doing business here, but we will do our best to keep it reasonable. It will include morning break and lunch on each day for meeting attendees. <br /> <br /> On Wednesday we will have a group dinner that will be Dutch Treat and on Thursday the dinner, included in registration, will be Senepol burgers at the UVI-AES Beef Cattle Research Facility. <br /> <br /> More information on the fee and schedule for the Friday activity will be sent out soon.<br />