Interesting opportunity for german R contributors: Uwe Ligges will give a tutorial on "R-Pakete laden, verwalten und entwickeln" on the afternoon of June 7th. The tutorial will be given in german. It is part of the Pfingsttagung of the DStaG (German Statistical Society), but can be booked separateley. The fee for the tutorial is 50 EUR only. Policy is "first come - first serve" for the limited number of seats available. More information on http://pfingsttagung06.hsu-hh.de Best regards and see you in Hamburg, Detlef