Dear all,
the IFIP executive director, Plamen Nedkov, has initiated a campaign " Bye, bye 2002, welcome 2003" which includes a selection of the "IFIP Event of the Year".
Please find enclosed his message below.
Now my cautious recommendation would be that you might be inclined to nominate
Nr. 25 "Congratulations to TC6 Nr. 19 "TC6 - A Sailboat in the Wind" Nr. 16 "TC6 - A Sailboat in the Wind (continued)"
all of which have to do with our 30 years anniversary in Lisbon. I recommend that we vote for that event as the "IFIP event of the year".
Thus if you follow my advice then please send a corresponding note to Plamen Nedkov nedkov@ifip.or.at until December 1 at the very latest.
Best regards Otto
Plamen's message follows
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Dear IFIPers,
Hold on to your hats as we head into the roller coaster period towards the Holiday Season during which we intend to make you Twist and Shout or do whatever you like most when you're happy :- ))
Our program " Bye, bye 2002, welcome 2003" will include --
1. The IFIP Event of the Year - YOUR CHOICE 2. A GREAT Holiday Season web-site 3. A New Year's lottery with a fantastic reward!!! 4. A present for everyone 5. A selection of "end of year" jokes, and ... 6. More!
All this will start coming soon and will culminate on 20 December!
*****With this note we invite your nominations for the IFIP 2002 Event which has impressed you most. Our Newsroom at http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/maillist.html contains over 100 messages sent this year to the IFIP community about projects, activities, campaigns, conferences, etc. and you could choose from there or suggest other IFIP activities which you feel are worthy to be nominated.
PLEASE send your nominations by 1 December latest to nedkov@ifip.or.at. We will then compile a list of up to 10 IFIP 2002 events and on that basis solicit your vote so as to select the IFIP EVENT OF THE YEAR 2002.
Stay tuned and have a nice weekend,
The Delivery Co.
...and here is the first joke
******************** Time for Presents ******************** David bought his wife a guitar for X-mas. A few weeks later, his friend Bill asked how she was doing with it.
"Oh," said David, "I persuaded her to switch to a clarinet."
"How come?" Bill asked.
"Because," he answered, "with a clarinet, she can't sing..."
-------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/