Dear Louise: Hadn't heard of this before. Hopefully some folks on Islay will see this note and consider applying for a grant- maybe even sooner. The gathering on Islay in 2004 was certainly great fun and educational too. I'm sure the organizers did many hours of work to make it come together. I hope some folks will be interested again. It probably helped the local economy in a noticeable way since so many of us stayed there a few days, ate, shopped etc. Ontario in 2005 was also very memorable! I hope to come up to visit again- but having organized speakers and getting to see everyone makes it so much more interesting! Carolyn