<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Hi folks, you will see that I just sent out a message to the list that Martin cannot attend the council meetings in Kobe and we need to find a replacement asap. Given the amount of work on the agenda, I am trying
to gently but actively discourage anyone who might want to travel to Japan but has never paid any attention to Council. I gave a hard deadline of Tuesday noon UTC, and I am hoping we can make a decision by Tuesday midnight UTC, so that we can engage CT and
get the travel planning started.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">cheers and Happy New Year everyone!</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie</font></font><br>
</p>
</body>
</html>