Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 11:37:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Registration info. for Los Angeles (fwd)

Dear brown dot Fellows,

The April issue of Focus, which contains registration information for the
Mathfest this summer in Los Angeles, is starting to arrive in people's
mailboxes.  This is therefore a good time for me to provide some details
about the plans for the brown dots at our meeting there:

1) A full schedule of brown dot activities will be distributed
electronically in June; hard copy will await you in Los Angeles.

2) You should arrive on TUESDAY, AUGUST 1.  The first official event for
the brown dots will be a social event that evening with the incoming
Fellows (no color chosen yet), from 8 to 10 p.m.  The location will be
announced later.

3) You will spend half of Wednesday, August 2, at sessions which the
brown dots are organizing for themselves.  The other half of the day will
be devoted to joint activities with the incoming Fellows.

4) Project NExT will provide brown dot Fellows with FREE tickets to the
Mathfest Opening Banquet on Wednesday, August 2.  In the appropriate
section of the registration form, just check the box that says "I am a
Project NExT 99/00 Fellow," but do NOT include payment for the ticket.
(Sorry, consultants -- this offer is for brown dot Fellows only!)

5) During the Mathfest, there will be special four-hour "Project NExT
courses" for Fellows, as there were in Providence.  These will meet from
4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, August 3 and 4.  Stay tuned for a
message in a few weeks from Joe, asking you to indicate your preferences
among these courses.  They are provided to the Fellows at no charge. [Note:
The Project NExT courses are DIFFERENT from the MAA Short Course and
the MAA Minicourses.  If you wish to participate in those, you should pay
the regular fee.]

6) Except for the opening banquet and the Project NExT courses, you and
your institution are responsible for all other expenses associated with
your trip.  If you received "financial aid" from Project NExT, we will give
you a reimbursement form in Los Angeles.

7) The Wednesday sessions and the Project NExT courses will be on the
UCLA campus, but you may stay wherever you wish.  If you want to stay
near the incoming Fellows, you should stay in Dykstra Hall.

8) You should plan to stay through the Mathfest, which ends at 6 p.m. on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5.  The registration form offers you the opportunity to
register also for the "Mathematical Challenges" conference on August
7-12 that is sponsored by AMS.  Participation in that conference is
optional, and information about it will be published in the May issue of the
AMS Notices.

More details about the brown dot program, including locations of events,
will be distributed later.  I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in Los
Angeles in August.

Chris