 The WAC also assists the local organizers of the ICOCs in sponsoring and organizing workshops associated with these conferences.Most workshops are intended to train students in identification and other practical aspects of copepod studies.Between conferences, communication between members takes place through the society newsletter Monoculus and via such on-line resources as the society website hosted by the [Senckenberg Research Institute] in [Wilhelmshaven] Germany and Internet forums hosted by academic bodies such as the Asociación Latinoamericana de Carcinología and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.