Aspen workshops?

[Rob Seaman]

Hi Kirk,

> FYI ... one usually does not "plan to attend" these Aspen workshops.
> One must apply (deadline is in January), and then wait to see if you
> are "selected to attend".  I did apply, and I found out last week that
> I am on the wait-list.  So, it appears that they have already made  
> their
> first round of selections.  The "they" in this sentence refers to the
> organizing committee of the particular workshop that you applied to  
> attend.
> Since Tony Tyson, Michael Strauss, and Zeljko Ivezic are all on the
> committee and they are all LSST'ers, then I would hope that they
> have invited some VOEvent'ers also in the first round of invitations.

Even if one is selected to attend, the planning may fall through for  
any number of reasons.

As you say, the LSST connection is clear.  We should make sure that  
this particular group of grandees sees that the VOEvent connection is  
also clear :-)

Rob