Dear Potential or Probable Participants,

This is the second announcement for SERMON 2005.  There will be
another.

There are over a dozen abstracts already submitted on the web site:

http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/caqa-01

We also know of several others who are wanting or willing to talk.  Thus, 
the conference will at least run through noon on Sunday.  Please feel free 
to continue to contribute abstracts if you wish to speak.  

There is no parking decal needed for Saturday and Sunday.  On the
other hand, if you are planning on arriving Friday afternoon to attend 
the colloquium given by Trevor Wooley, then you will need a parking 
decal.  We do not have a lot of decals, so if you are traveling with
a group in one vehicle, it would help if only one person from the group
requests a decal.  Simply send an email to: filaseta@math.sc.edu
asking for a decal and giving a mailing address for the decal.  On the
other hand, please don't be shy about asking for a decal even if you
only think and do not know if you will be arriving on Friday afternoon.
More parking information will be given in a future announcement.

Those of you who are planning to talk, please let me know of any 
constraints you have with the timeslot for your talk (for example,
if you will be arriving after say 9:00 on Saturday morning or leaving
prior to noon on Sunday).  You do not need to write to me if you have 
no constraints.  Also, the talks will take place in a room that will 
accommodate various forms of presentations: chalkboard, 
transparencies and a laptop connection.

We have updated the hotel information on the SERMON 2005 web page:

http://www.math.sc.edu/~filaseta/SERMON2005/SERMON2005.html

The new link has a list of hotels that are closer to the conference and
some discounts for them.  Note that the Holiday Inn has a deadline of 
April 1st for the reduced rate.  You may still wish to find a less expensive 
hotel further from the conference and drive in.

We will write again soon,
Regards,

Michael Filaseta     filaseta@math.sc.edu
Bob Murphy           murphy@math.sc.edu
Ognian Trifonov      trifonov@math.sc.edu
Gang Yu              yu@math.sc.edu