I want to celebrate my upcoming birthday with people who are special to me. I'm arranging a celebration party/conference at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, which is on the coast just north of Monterey, California, from mid-afternoon on Friday, the 9th of June till after lunch on Sunday, the 11th of June, 2006. I'm planning to have activities for children as well as adults.

According to their website, "Asilomar a charming ocean front retreat nestled along the shoreline of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This enchanting combination of forest and white sand beaches creates a breathtaking tranquil escape from the hectic pace of everyday life."

Accommodations at my birthday party/conference run $50/night/adult and $25/night/child (3-17 years old) for shared room and $150/night/adult for a private room. I encourage you to share a room so that more of my friends can spend the night at the Asilomar Conference Center and so that you can get better acquainted with other friends of mine. Travel grants and housing allowances are available. Let me know if you need one or both.

Email nancy -at- googleguide.com or respond to my evite before April 10th if you are interested in attending the festivities part of a day or the entire three days.

I will be posting information about my party/conference at www.googleguide.com/birthday.html and emailing those who express interest in attending.

For my birthday present, please give a talk, lead a session, chair a panel, sing a song, lead an activity, give a slide presentation, or bring something else amusing to share with the other participants. I would appreciate your emailing me what you are considering sharing and for how long so that I can start putting together a schedule for the weekend.

If you have any contact information for the following people, please let me know. I would like to invite them to my party but I've lost touch with them.

Jim Forthhopper (my 10th grade math teacher)
Sylvie Gabriele (lived in Grenoble, France in the 1970s and 1980s)
Sr. Hill (my Spanish teacher at Cubberley High School)
Troels Petersen (an editor of The Mathematica Journal)
Cameron Smith (worked with me at Wolfram Research)
Lisa Christensen (went to high school with me)
Ron Marianetti (studied CS at Stanford, worked at Radius)
Simon aka David Williams (attended the University of Birmingam between 1976 and 1978)
Chris Witzel (played squash with me and worked at HP)

The following people are planning to attend. They are in alphabetical order by first name.

Alfie Riddle, Allen Price, Anita Demas, Beth Delson, Dara Pond, David desJardins, Doris Yeh, Grace Kahng, Hamish Reid, Jane Manning, Jerry Peek, Joel Biatch, Joy Li, Kathy Adzich, Katja Rault-Wang, Kirsten Strain, Laura Gable, Leigh Lien, Leora Gregory, Liz Schwerer Duffie, Margaret Miller, Marlene Rogers, Martha Gioumousis, Marian Bach, Matt Lefkowitz, Nigel Henry, Paula Bibb, Rebecca Mercuri, Rita Wespi, Sandy Aratow, Susan (Shosh) Blachman, Suzanne Woodard Tasha Bergson-Michelson,

The following people may attend.

Elaine Richards, Margaret Darnton, Marina Parisinou, Rowan Bibb, Sara Werner, Sheryl Klein,

I'm waiting to hear which of the following people will be attending.

Adina Ahmed, Andrew Pickholtz, Cahn Janet, Debbie Lefkowitz, Gordon Rae, Henry Cejtin, Joseph Friedman, Julie Swint, Kate Korsh, Lori Beraha, Lyn Dupre, Mark Altenburg, Mary Lee, Marlys Walburger, Suzanne Pope, Tom Wadlow

Email nancy -at- googleguide.com if you or someone else you know would like to be invited and tell how those whom you suggest know me.

Hopefully I'll see you in June or sometime sooner,

Nancy

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