LEVA

LEVA received suggestions of 58 cities to host its 2013 annual conference.

As a result, the below US locations (in alphabetical order) are listed which represent those with enough votes to move on to the next round for consideration.

For our overseas members, LEVA is already exploring holding a conference or similar event in cities outside North America. We're looking at the UK and Australia initially.

Note that one of LEVA's criteria is to obtain the prevailing Federal lodging rate...or better...for attendees. Nashville, for example, even though it received votes to make the list, charges a significantly higher rate at the hotels desired. As such, it didn't make the cut.

Also, Coeur d'Alene hosted the LEVA 2011 and 2005 conferences. It too received votes to make this list but is already contracted to hold LEVA's 2014 conference. So that site is not listed below.

Please select up to six choices and email to Jan Garvin, LEVA Training VP at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by midnight ET, Friday, January 20.

Asheville, NC
Atlanta, GA
Boston, MA
Las Vegas, NV
New Orleans, LA
Oklahoma City, OK
Orlando, FL
Pittsburgh, PA
San Antonio, TX
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Tampa
Washington, DC

The Texas DPS Crime Lab has a job opening in their Forensic Video Analysis unit for a Forensic Photographer I - http://www.hr.sao.state.tx.us/Compensation/JobDescriptions/R6084.htm

(The job duties listed that do not apply to this position, are: OPERATES SLIDE DUPLICATORS and DEVELOPS AND PRINTS BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR NEGATIVES, AND DEVELOPS AND MOUNTS COLOR SLIDES.  On the second page under Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities, the SKILL IN DEVELOPING, PROCESSING, AND ENLARGING MATERIALS is also not applicable since we no longer do wet processing or deal with film.  The person should be very knowledgeable instead in the use of Photoshop CS software for photographic enhancement.)