Hey guys,

Here we go - SUPA in their infinite wisdom has (for now) refused to
fund us, but we are not as easily deterred. A large room with big
blackboards is booked from Monday morning to Friday afternoon. I would
recommend to arrive some time Sunday if you have time. There are
direct flights to Edinburgh from Toronto, Newark, Atlanta, and lots of
European places. You can also fly to Glasgow and take a train, I
think. Heathrow I would try to avoid at this point in time (or
generally). Local transportation links and hints we will post when we
have a second.

I would suggest we take turns in giving one informal blackboard talk a
day. Local group members and students as well as Glaswegian
phenomenologists are very much invited to come.and join. Apart from
that we have wireless and encourage everyone to bring their
laptops. Does any of you need a desktop or the group laptop?

May I introduce - Alberto. He is a QCD postdoc here. He offered to
help organize this workshop as long as we do not spread the word that
he is involved in BSM activities. The first question to the
participants: would you prefer a Georgian B&B in bus distance or a
less impressive crappy new Victorian building (post-1860) in walking
distance? Don't worry, we will pick a place acceptable for Americans
and Europeans, Edinburgh is not England!

Concerning funding: we have money to fund this ultra-mini, no
problem. So we will cover local cost for everyone non-local plus an
average of GBP 300 towards travel. Does this sound reasonable? The
splitting of this sum we can talk about later, I would suggest to be
nice with the kids on the list.

We are very much looking forward to you guys coming. Please tell me if
there is some kind of problem we can can help with. Aloha

tilman (& Alberto)