Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread R C Macaulay
Perhaps Purdue University would volunteer some academians to fill the slots. Richard - Original Message - From: "Steven Krivit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now The dela

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread R C Macaulay
- Original Message - From: "Steven Krivit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now The delay has nothing to do with the subject of the conference. All academic visitors from Ru

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Steven Krivit
The delay has nothing to do with the subject of the conference. All academic visitors from Russia are delayed these days. - Jed Jed, A nonphysicist academic has reported to me that they had no problem getting their visa. Steve

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Steven Krivit
Jed, You are an eloquent, entertaining and colorful writer. Steve At 01:29 PM 8/3/2008 -0400, you wrote: I wrote: You are blaming this delay on the participants? Are you out of your mind? No is to blame for the delay. Let me amend that. While for the most part the delay is unavoidable .

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: You are blaming this delay on the participants? Are you out of your mind? No is to blame for the delay. Let me amend that. While for the most part the delay is unavoidable . . . Many authors submitted just at the deadline or right after it, and that delayed things. Several authors

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steven Krivit wrote: The ICCF-14 abstracts are still secret and/or incomplete. Conference starts in 8 days. Got to be the most incompetent/idiotic way of running a conference I've ever seen. You're welcome. It is regrettable that the abstracts are not fully complete, but it is not important

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Edmund Storms
Good point, Horace. Most people preregester before the details of the talks are available in any case. Nevertheless, although I also would like the information sooner, it is very difficult these days to have foreigners attend any conference in the US. The delay that this problem produces should

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 3, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Edmund Storms wrote: Steve, I suggest you consider that the visa problems as well as other issues might be a factor in not having a final agenda. A draft agenda has been sent to the speakers for their input. Would you rather have an agenda that is incomplete or

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Edmund Storms
Steve, I suggest you consider that the visa problems as well as other issues might be a factor in not having a final agenda. A draft agenda has been sent to the speakers for their input. Would you rather have an agenda that is incomplete or has to be seriously changed, as was the case with the

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-02 Thread Steven Krivit
The ICCF-14 organizers have been busting their butts for a week or more, trying to pin down the agenda. They were supposed to be finished days ago, but there are many last minute changes and cancellations. I am sorry to say that in many cases it is because so many participants are old and in

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-02 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 2, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: DO NOT RESPOND Horace Heffner wrote: Can we still expect a big announcement? I see some of the abstracts and program are provided at: http://newenergytimes.com/Conf/2008/ACS/ACS-2008-NET-Abstracts.pdf That's another conference. Oooops!

[Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
DO NOT RESPOND Horace Heffner wrote: >Can we still expect a big announcement? I see some of the abstracts >and program are provided at: > >http://newenergytimes.com/Conf/2008/ACS/ACS-2008-NET-Abstracts.pdf That's another conference. The ICCF-14 organizers have been busting their butts for a