From: David Patterson <pattrsn@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>

Subject: December visit to Santa Cruz

Date: 11/20/00 7:12 AM

Starting to get ready for the visit, and I wanted to check some ideas out:

* We'd like to try doing meals vacation style, with groups signing up for meals, as 21 people would swamp many restaurants. When you have a meal, you would purchase the food , cook the meal, and clean up. We'll supply paper plates and disposable cups. Number of meals would be a function of how long you are there: short stay means fewer meals, longer means more meals. Does this sound OK? If so, I'll send requests and try to coordinate the allocations, trying to rotate meals on different days and different times of day. You might think about your favorite meals for 20 people.

* Deitary preferences for your families would be great to send to me to coordinate

* Is it OK for all the cousins 20 and under to sleep in the same room on mattresses and couches? That should be 7; in order of arrival: John, Alissa, Paul, Melissa, Brian, Laura, Lyle. (Heather did this in her grandmothers place, and thought it was fun)

* The plan for the people over 20 is to try to put people them into rooms, with the following groups (which are mostly obvious):

NorCals (Mike, Heather, Andrew, Grace)

Idahoans (Don, Pat)

SoCals (Linda, Lloyd)

Greats + Sue (Greats = David, Lucie)

Grands + David3 (Grands = David, Linda; David3 = David Adam Patterson)

Room assignments would be based on number of people and length of visit, but the rooms available are 3 bedrooms, office (with a bed), and living room (with a fireplace).

* Those coming by car are a bit flexible, but I'd like to know the flight times for the Texans and Idahoans. My understanding is:

Idahoans: arrive Wednesday afternoon, departing Tuesday morning

Texans: arrive Tuesday evening, departing Saturday morning

SoCals: arrive Wednesday evening (or Tuesday evening?), departing Saturday morning?

David3: arrive Friday night, leave Saturday or Sunday?

NorCals: arrive Wednesday morning (or Tuesday night), leave Saturday or Sunday?

Greats: arrive Tuesday evening, departing Tuesday morning?

Grands: arrive Tuesday, depart Monday or Tuesday

More accurate information is appreciated when available. I'll set up a web page with the information when it looks stable, probably password protected

Dave