What's New for the Week of Feb 20, 2006

Here's the host news this week:

• On Sunday, Jerry will be holding a phone conference with more than 100 of his Chinese readers.
  
• Esther is attending a workshop in the Washington DC area.
  
• Don is doing client work from his NC office.
  
• Steve, the Logistics' chair for the 2006 conference, decided the Embassy Suites Hotel Phoenix-North would be the site for the 2006 conference. After scouting dozens of hotels in Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa area, he concluded the Embassy Suites offered the best tradeoff for risk, lodging, service and economy. The hotel will be familiar to participants of previous AYE conferences -- it was the site for 2001-2005 conference. Steve also worked on the selection of pictures for this year's conference brochure and learned a few lessons about design and feedback.
  
• Dave's eight year old is trying to convince him that people have two stomachs, and
  that just because one is filled, that doesn't mean there isn't room left for
  dessert. [Ed note: seems reasonable to me, especially if the dessert is chocolate.]
  
• Johanna is on a working vacation. (She works when they ski.)