We're off

Well we're off. After 18 months of planning and nearly 1000 emails the Congress gets under way today. Down at Sky City at 8am this morning for the first daily committee meeting to anticipate any last minutes glitches. There don't seem to be any - most of the keynote speakers are in the country although we're not entirely sure where... After this a round of checking the workshops to make sure that everything is working - the troublesome buhdists in the meditation workshop want to know when the coffee break is s

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o they can get first in line for the food. Gary Schoener has a USB stick with his vital videos on it that the sky city computers refuse to open and spit out all sorts of warnings because they say it has a virus on it - refrain from telling Gary that if this had happened in the US the speaker would now be having intimate conversations with Homeland Security and a one way trip to Guantanomo Bay. Thankfully a work around is found. Meanwhile in the exams workshop the Queensland Health clickers (not a band but an instant polling device) seem to have got sick crossing the Tasman but enough are found that work. The registrars in the audience will have to share which I'm sure they will suggest is something that should be carried over into the exams themselves. So 9.30 the workshops are underway and there is a steady stream of people coming through to register. Time for breakfast and to prepare for the opening ceremony.