Dear students,

We hope you all are well and hanging in there.

The Centers for Disease Control has now asked that for the next eight weeks gatherings of 50 or more people be postponed. (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/large-events/mass-gatherings-ready-for-covid-19.html)

With 45 students and five instructors, we fit that description. We have talked to the hotel and can offer two alternatives: rescheduling the workshop for November 9-14 (nothing earlier in the fall was available) or waiting until next year, May 3-8, 2021. We are planning to have the same instructors though that can’t be guaranteed. In any case you can expect the usual lineup drawn from the top people in our profession.

Please help us decide. If enough of you can attend we will move ahead with a November workshop. Otherwise we will wait until next May.

We have sent everyone an email with a link that will connect you to a survey form with a single question and three options. Please respond as soon as you can. We will inform you of the results when the votes are in.

Hoping to see you this fall or next spring.

George Johnson
Sandra Blakeslee