Some members of our community have requested that we try to avoid having technical sessions on Friday and especially Saturday. The steering committee is sympathetic to this request, but does not make compliance a requirement or a key consideration is evaluating the proposal. Nevertheless, we feel that it is nice to try to accommodate the request, especially if that's possible without harming any other important consideration. Similarly, try to avoid Purim vacation (a jewish holiday that takes place in a lunar-calender date that usually falls in Feb/Mar). ENCL: DATES OF PURIM ++++++++++++++++++++ (It is good to avoid also the day before.) 2014: March 16 2015: March 5 2016: March 24 2017: March 12 2018: March 1 2019: March 21 2020: March 10 2021: Feb 26 2022: March 17 2023: March 7 2024: March 24 2025: March 14