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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This email is a follow-up to the one sent in the summer concerning a conference/workshop to celebrate</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Victor Goryunov’s 60<sup>th</sup> birthday, to take place in Liverpool 30 March to 1 or 2 April 2016.<span style="">
</span>Judging by the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">number of provisional acceptances the conference is likely to be 4 days, or perhaps 3.5 days, rather than 3.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We now have a very welcome grant from the London Mathematical Society and some support</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">from the University of Liverpool.<span style="">
</span>I emphasize that this support will have to be very carefully</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">used for those who are unable to fund themselves and is not likely to meet all requests.<span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style=""></span>At this stage I want to confirm that the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">conference/workshop will take place here in Liverpool and to ask two questions:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style=""></span>Are you (still, or now) interested in attending the conference/workshop?</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If so, what is the funding you will need from us, which really cannot be met from other sources? Many of you previously answered this question but it would be useful to have the latest
situation in any case.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As I mentioned before, Bed and Breakfast accommodiation will be in local hotels (about GBP55 per night);<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">there will be a mandatory</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> registration fee (probably GBP 40, but zero for PhD students). There will be</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">a conference dinner, charged at cost, probably on the Thursday night.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">So no definite promises yet, but once we have a clear idea of who definitely needs help with</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">finance then we will do the sums and be back in touch with you.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best wishes</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Peter Giblin</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">on behalf of the other organizers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oleg Karpenkov</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David Mond</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dirk Siersma<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Professor Peter J Giblin</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Department of Mathematical Sciences</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The University of Liverpool</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZL, UK</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tel: +44 (0) 151 794 4053</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fax: +44 (0) 151 794 4061</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">email:
</span></span><a href="mailto:pjgiblin@liv.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">pjgiblin@liv.ac.uk</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">web: www.liv.ac.uk/~pjgiblin</span></span></p>
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