January-April, 2013 
SCAMIT Newsletter 
Vol. 31 Nos. 5-6 
15 APRIL 2013, SCAMIT SPECIES LIST REVIEW COMMITTEE AND TWO 
PRESENTATIONS: LESLIE HARRIS - HITCHHIKING ALIENS, AND ERIC STEIN - 
MOLECULAR METHODS EOR INVASIVE SPECIES MONITORING, SCCWRP 
Attendance: Ron Velarde, Megan Lilly, Wendy Enright, Katie Beauehamp, Kathy Langan, 
CSD; Leslie Harris, NHMLAC; Kelvin Barwiek, Danny Tang, OCSD; Vietoria Gray, Endemie 
Environmental Serviees; Larry Lovell, Don Cadien, Cheryl Brantley, LACSD; Tony Phillips, 
eonsultant; David Gillett, SCCWRP. 
The business portion of the meeting was opened by Larry Lovell. Introduetions were eondueted 
and upeoming meetings were eovered. There was a sad diseussion eoneeming the passing of 
John Ljubenkov and what it will mean to our loeal enidarian taxonomy. All agreed it will mean 
a huge loss. Tony Phillips proposed a meeting for enidarian taxonomists eonsisting of people 
bringing all their respeetive literature and trying to standardize our approaeh to this often diffieult 
group. Leslie suggested there should be a seanner present at the meeting so that any literature that 
needs to be duplieated and distributed ean be dealt with in the present moment. Don Cadien also 
suggested that we eompare our notebooks against what is already posted in the Tools seetion of 
the SCAMIT website. Kelvin offered to host the meeting at OCSD. 
Larry announeed that he would be gathering John’s notes, files, and speeimen eolleetions whieh 
will then be aeeessioned at the NHMLAC. 
John’s upeoming memorial serviees were diseussed. There will be two, one on May 18* at 
Daneing Coyote Raneh whieh will be a small event for family and elose friends only; a seeond 
event will be held at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in June and this will be a larger eelebration. 
It will be held in the evening after 5 p.m. and will eonsist of a potluek dinner and a slide show 
of John’s life (running in the auditorium). This will be open to the SCAMIT “erowd” who knew 
John. 
There are no notes from either of the presentations that day, but both were informative and 
entertaining and appreeiated by all present. 
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Publication Date: 28 July 2016 
