Hi Walter I thought you had dropped off the end of the world we hadn't heard from you for so long. My initial suggestion of a North American venue was based on the idea that it would attract a greater number of participants due to travel costs/time, etc and the Chicago area would have been ideal. (Central US, near to Canada, good airports, et al). The list might still change their mind and this could become the venue!! And who have we got on the ground to do all the work? Walter - it would probably be easier than building that boat and you would probably get your picture on the front page of the local paper! What do you think, list, of Walter's offer to organise the event in Illinois?? Chris _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp