Hi good friends It seems great fun to think of Chris as our Venerable Burgomeister (I hope he wouldn't object to that compliment). Also I can imagine Liz as Treasurer and Carole as Ents. Arranger - with perhaps Susan as Lady Chair. Looking back at the sailing dates of the Rhinelanders in 1709, I calculate that the mid-point between the first passage (12 May) and the last (24 July) falls comfortably around a very significant birthday for me - 13 June 2009. What a great giggle. May I put my name forward as a candidate for the Steering Committee? Terry PS All fufure birthdays seem significant to me, somehow. The options are running out. Couldn't we bring the Moot forward (like 7 years - to celebrate the accession of Queen Anne...?)