Re: maths summer school

[Vince Ford <vince@mso.anu.edu.au>]

>Sender: terry@maths.usyd.edu.au
>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:34:49 +1100
>From: Terry Gagen <terry@maths.usyd.edu.au>
>Organization: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
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>To: Vince Ford <vince@mso.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: maths summer school
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>Dear Vince
>
>I'm just back in Sydney catching up with my mail.
>
>I'm so very very sorry about the tragedy of the fires. I stayed in
>Canberra after NMSS and tried to contact you, both at the University and
>at home. And of course, I couldn't get you at Stromlo, for obvious reasons.
>
>We can be grateful that there was no loss of life, but the destruction
>of the 74" and surrounding equipment must be heart breaking.
>
>Please keep me in touch with any appeals mounted. I will send
>information to the 2000 NMSS students all of whom have wonderful
>memories of the night they spent at Stromlo when they were at NMSS.
>
>I guess there won't be tooooo much  celebration in Stromlo for some time
>now. Jenny and I drove up to Stromlo on Tuesday. Felt a little
>embarrassed to be there when people were in such a desperate situation.
>We turned around before we got to the police barricade. Please accept my
>sincerest condolences. It must feel exactly like the loss of a close
>friend.
>
>Yours sincerely
>
>Terry Gagen
>Director
>NMSS
>

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Vince Ford
Research/Outreach Officer,
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, A N U
Mt Stromlo Observatory
Cotter Rd    Weston Creek   ACT 2611

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