Proceedings : 1983 Symposium on Buoy Technology, International Hotel, April 27-29, 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana

Less than a year ago, the officers of the recently formed Gulf Coast Chapter of the Marine Technology Society were discussing a technical meeting on drifting buoys. At nearly the same time, during OCEANS ’82, others of us were discussing a general buoy meeting. One had not been held since 1976. A quick survey of interest and the need decided the issue; forces were joined, and the 1983 Buoy Technology Symposium was born. A committee was formed (see elsewhere in these Proceedings) and eventually the meeting was held 27-29 April in New Orleans, the week preceding the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.