Volume 9, May 1999 - EDITORIAL

[Home] [New Abstracts] [Newsletter] [Newsflash] [Articles] [Conferences] [Subscribers] [Subscription] [Submission]

In general we can say that the conference was worth the effort. We were pleasantly surprised at how well the discussion sessions worked out, throughout the week. A word of thanks is due to the session moderators who were generally well prepared and kept the discussions both moving forward and relevant to the session topics. A lot of questions were thoroughly discussed in an atmosphere that was, without exception, friendly and constructive. It was also fun for us to get together with the GC crowd and put faces with the names we've come to know through this newsletter. We hope that this week generated many new ideas and encouraged new projects which will appear in future editions of GCNEWS!

As many of you may have noticed recently, our website disappeared when the webserver at our host institution was restructured and upgraded. This made a number of changes necessary which were almost impossible to do for quite a while since both editors spent the winter in Tucson---far away from the server. A number of our subscribers got frustrated when they tried to find and use the information we usually offer. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, but ask you to remember that GCNEWS is an extracurricular activity for us and as active scientists there are serious constraints to how much ``extra'' time is available. However, we figure that all of our subscribers know the frustrations encountered when software, operating systems, or computers are `` upgraded''. Suddenly, at least half of the software that used to work just fine suddenly doesn't work and it takes an indeterminate amount of time to get back to where you were before the upgrade. After the necessary efforts of this type, we are happy to let you know that we are back in business and trust that you will all continue to collaborate with us in this otherwise fruitful venture by sending in your abstracts.