Bounty-Pitcairn Conference 2012

Noted Bounty author Donald A. Maxton is expected to attend the conference and make a presentation. Maxton wrote "The Mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty: A Guide to Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Films, Articles, and Music" and edited "After the Bounty: A Sailor's Account of the Mutiny, and Life in the South Seas."

Up to 28 Pacific Union College dormitory rooms with shared shower/toilet are expected to be made available
for up to three nights (in 19/out 22 August) at a cost of about $80 per double or single.
These rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

to those paying the registration fee. Please inquire for additional dorm room details.
For those who are driving, hotel and B & B accommodation is available in
St. Helena (8 miles away), Calistoga (12 miles), Yountville (17 miles), Napa (26 miles) and Santa Rosa, CA (40 miles).

A call for speakers: Those interested in making a presentation at this conference
are requested to e-mail details of their chosen topics to 2012BPC@gmail.com.

Sun. Aug. 19:     7:00 PM? Informal mixer with refreshments, followed by a video presentation
                                                 (Sign ups begin this evening for four Pitcairn Islands Study Center orientation tours.
                                                These tours will take place in the mornings prior to the group presentations which begin at 10 AM.)

Mon. Aug. 20:    9:00 AM Pitcairn Islands Study Center small group orientation tour 1 (featured event)
                              9:30 AM Pitcairn Islands Study Center small group orientation tour 2 (featured event)
                            10:00 AM Beginning of program: Introductions and short welcome talks:
                                                Welcome on behalf of Pitcairn Islands Study Center & introduction of master of ceremonies
                                                Welcome on behalf of Pitcairn Islands Study Group & FRIENDS of PITCAIRN Yahoo! Group
                            10:30 AM Speaker 1

                            11:00 AM Speaker 2
                            11:30 AM Short break
                            11:45 AM Speaker 3
                            12:15 PM Pitcairn handicrafts market (featured event) and lunch (optional)
                              1:45 PM First Q & A video chat with Pitcairn Island (featured event)
                            3:45 PM Short break
                              4:00 PM Time at leisure to explore Pitcairn Islands Study Center
                                                or Dem Tul Pitcairn documentary film premiere? (possible special event)
                              5:00 PM End of Monday program
                              6:00 PM Dinner (optional)

Tue. Aug. 21: 9:00 AM Pitcairn Islands Study Center small group orientation tour 3 (featured event)
9:30 AM Pitcairn Islands Study Center small group orientation tour 4 (featured event)

                           10:00 AM Beginning of program: Speaker 4
                           10:30 AM Speaker 5
                           11:00 AM Short break
                           11:15 AM Speaker 6
                           11:45 AM Speaker 7
                           12:15 PM Pitcairn handicrafts market (featured event) and lunch (optional)

                             1:45 PM Second Q & A video chat with Pitcairn Island (featured event)
                           3:45 PM Closing remarks by master of ceremonies
                             4:00 PM Time at leisure to explore Pitcairn Islands Study Center

5:00 PM End of Tuesday program
6:00 PM Dinner (optional)

The following are working notes only:

Some Possible Topics for Speakers:
Artifacts of Pitcairn: Where Pitcairn artifacts can be found all over the world
Bounty-saga literature
History of Pitcairn
Pitcairn Personalities
Pitcairn philately and/or numismatics
Slide show & video of Bounty-Pitcairn Conference 2005, held in St. Petersburg, FL, June 23-25, 2005

Small group tours of Pitcairn Islands Study Center (perhaps with distribution of a flyer about the facility) will be given.
Two Q & A Skype video chats will be held with various people on Pitcairn Island. The video image will be projected onto a large screen.
A Pitcairn handicrafts market will be featured on the two full days.

Possible -- But NOT Definite -- Special Events:
The two full days of the conference might be broadcast as a webcast.
Ted Cookson's Pitcairn artifacts monograph might make its debut.

Miscellaneous:
A "call for papers" will be included in the July 2011 issues of the Pitcairn Log and UK Log to identify possible speakers.
News releases will be sent to various local, state and national publications & also to philatelic publications.
PayPal will be offered as one means of paying the registration fee.

The conference registration form will specifically limit liability to PISC/PUC, PISG and FRIENDS of Pitcairn.
Any funds remaining after covering conference expenses will be donated to the Pitcairn Islands Study Center.

For photos of the Pitcairn Islands Study Center and the Pacific Union College campus, click here.

For tourism links on Napa Valley and various other California locales, click here.

For links on Pitcairn Island and the Bounty saga, click here.

For info on the successful Bounty-Pitcairn Conference 2005 in St. Petersburg, FL, click here.

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