Anthony wrote: My CASLL call for commitment (we needed > to provide the embassy with an approximate number of attendees) was > answered by a total of two people. Is that Canadian, or what, eh? But > don't feel bad. I understand Doug Vipond has agreed to host a beer and > pretzel soiree in his hotel room immediately following the Caucus. And > then, of course, 30 or 40 of us can stand around wondering where to go > for supper. > OK, beer and pretels it is -- as long as we go easy on the pretzels. Actually, in this case I think it's Anthony who's a few pretzels short of complete box -- I'm almost certain he said HIS room. (But I could be wrong, and anyway, we should always take the word of Quebec leaders whose names begin P-a-r-......) dv