From: Tang ming

E-Mail: tangming@worldnet.att.net

Subject: Something to keep for memory

 I met a few 775ers in Chicago and mentioned 777 Reunion in 
 Vegas. "Really? Could you get enough response to do it? How
 did you 777ers make it happen?" I reponded with a question like
 this: Do you know Lao Wen, that guy who was very active in USTC?
 He was the conductor of the university band, composed some music 
 like The Spring in KeDa, and played on Anhui TV ... ...
 After that I think they are going to organize a 775 reunion and
 may ask Lao Wen to help them. Here I just want to say Thank You
 one more time to Lao Wen, Zhang Fan, Dai Sa, Yaojun, Yongping, 
 and others who invested a lot of time to make the reunion happen. 
 
 Now the reunion is over. I heard a lot of positive comments
 and some regrets about this event. Many people felt it was 
 a little short thus we did not have enough time to talk to each
 other. I think it's good that nobody complained about being
 bored, and the a few regrets will make us look forward to
 the next reunion.
 
 I'd like to have a good group picture and a more complete
 video tape of the reunion to keep for memory. I am sure most
 of us have the same wish. For this reason I'd like to make
 the following suggestions:
 
 1. If you made a good quality group picture (777, or 777x),
 please scan it and send the file to me. I'll publish it on
 our web site so we can choose the best one to order from
 you. Given the light condition for the group picture, I am
 not sure whether we can get a really good one. So please 
 send yours to me even the quality is not that good.
 
 2. If you made a video tape to cover most of the round table
 introduction, are you willing to share it with the rest of us?
 If so, you can mail the tape to me then I'll let other 777ers
 to order from me. I have a dual deck VCR so it's easy to
 make duplicates. I'll send the original back to you after
 we finish this project in a couple of months.
 
 3. We'll make the group picture and the tape available to all
 people who could not make it to Vegas. Many of them could not
 come for various reasons but asked us to share the reunion with
 them. I assume that some of us can spare a couple of hours to
 write a short article about the reunion, for sharing with others
 and for keeping a record for the event. If you do so, would you
 please share it with all of us on the discussion board? I enjoyed
 reading the poem by Lu Gang, and the notes by Yaojun and Dai Sa
 very much.
 
 That's a nice thing to do!