Update from Andreas

I spoke to Ed on the phone today and I will also meet him tomorrow afternoon.

Tonight there will be a person at the Spiegel residence. The idea is to see if he can help with the cooking. I think it is B's sister that has arranged this. I will let you know how it went.

There is also progress on the entertainment system. Jean-Luke is ready to order a TV and DVD [click here], as soon as we get a go-ahead from Ed, and than have it delivered and installed. This has been some time in the making and I think Ed really would like to have some entertainment at the house. At some stage we might want to ask you all for nice movies to lend to E and B but let's wait until things are up and running.

Shane Keating and I are thinking of setting up some kind of email list for people that would like to volunteer to help out in different capacities. We think it might be better to have one contact point. Predrag suggests that you click on the [can I help?] tab at the top of this page if you have an idea how you could help, and we will try to coordinate this without putting extra pressure on Ed.

I am in contact with Ed every day. It is usually a very short call. It has proved very difficult for me to conduct business over the phone. Email is even harder. The best way to reach them is on the land-line. Ill try to keep you all posted with what I learn.

Andreas Svedin
stand in secretary
andreas@astro.columbia.edu