Dear TC6 members, In the Beijing meeting it was decided to fix the dates of the 2001 meetings for the following days: Meeting 2001/1: May 31 and June 1 (Cape Town, South Africa) Meeting 2001/2: October 6 and 7 (Zurich, Switzerland) . For this meeting the dates have still to be confirmed by Harry Rudin. Please notice that the dates of the first meeting were moved forward by approximately two months. The minutes of the Beijing meeting will be ready until the end of September. Best regards Augusto Casaca