<div dir="ltr"><div>Sent on behalf of <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Veronica Tyts</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:veronica.tyts@ucr.edu">veronica.tyts@ucr.edu</a>></span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Hello everyone!</div><div><br></div><div>The Insect Fair planning has actively begun! The event will happen on <b>Saturday,</b> <b>April 25, 2026, at the Riverside Main Library parking lot, </b>from 10:00-4:00.</div><div><br></div><div>Our department will have booths reserved for the event that can be for the entomology department labs and student organizations. <b>The maximum number available is 10</b> for UCR research labs. Your lab can reserve a full booth or create a multilab one by sharing it with other labs. Please <b>use <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15z-rGLYDBfA0kiCLK9h0stN-R7SKuicnRfd4_3U7S-w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this spreadsheet to sign up</a></b> for a booth. The icon insect column is where you mention an insect that will be turned into a tiny cartoonish identifier for your booth. The deadline is Friday, February 6th, but usually, there are no more spots left after a couple of days, so don't wait till they are all gone!</div><div><br></div><div>The layout of the booths will be the same as last year's, with 4 tables arranged in a square and a 10x10-foot tent over them. Unfortunately, the organizers will not be able to provide tablecloths this year, so you need to bring your own if you want to have them. The scavenger hunt will happen again this year, so I will reach out to signed up booth representatives with details on what information to provide for it.</div><div><br></div><div>If you sign up for a booth, <b>you are required to show up at your booth, and someone must be present during the entire event</b>. Plan to arrive and set up before the event, and pack up your stuff after the event has ended. Empty booths due to no-shows are a wasted opportunity for sharing science with our community, and could have been allocated to someone who would have wanted to show up. If you sign up for a booth and do not show up, it may also affect your ability to sign up for booths in future years.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you have any questions about the event or booths!<br><br>All the best,<br>Veronica.</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Veronica Tyts</b></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666">Ph.D. candidate (she/her) | <a href="https://heteroptera.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">Heteropteran Systematics Lab</a><br></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666">Department of Entomology<br>University of California, Riverside</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yOGaHxhvtY7u-yrmrhTck-rh-S95NLqa7XUP9p7ohYhT6K-K-TO62UpgPWmBg1JQFSiaRCVRUDEJt8" width="96" height="96"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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