springtime? sure ... why not! the chiles aren't going anywhere, and the timing will give my wallet a chance to recover from the holiday excesses. ... should give all lotsa time to select a good meeting site, and ample opportunity for preparations. so who's organizing this event? which city? what venue? what date? (nowhere near derby day please) who's gonna be there? do we really want to inflict all this banter onto the rest of the CH list? or will we communicate "off-list"? cya there, peter g