I like a puzzle. All day I have been trying to figure out the Plan. It finally hit me. Reid Cornwell is indeed one of the cleverist people I have come in contact with. He spams a list of people in which he is held in low regard. For the purpose of inviting them to a conference. (how dare he) And/or present their intellectual work This of course is a nefarious plan to give them $200 and have 4 meals with them. Even more insidiously, he is going to put them in the presence of world-class scholars, educators and policy makers. He also exposes them to a three term Governor and former presidential candidate. While exposing them to state-of-the-art technology All of this in a lovely historical town with a major university (the cad) He offers to publish their works and to broadcast their presentations. Now here is the really twisted part. He does all of this so he can be called names and subjected to ad hominem attacks, to what end. He's going to steal 2 days of their time. You know what else, he forms a non-profit and gives away scads of money to education and then has the audacity to form a virtual Internet research organization. I agree with Jeremy you should watch out for a guy like this. He must be stopped. Oh I forgot. He is going to steal the email address, he already had, for some other sinister purpose, while requesting that you unsub. How about that for clever? James --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.