January 2006

THE JOINT MATHEMATICS MEETINGS ...
IN NEW ORLEANS!

An Open Letter to all JMM 2006 Participants:

The American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America are pleased to announce that we will host the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans in January, 2007.

The officers and staff of AMS and MAA have continuously monitored the situation in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. We are convinced that the area of New Orleans where our meetings will be located is safe and fully operational. The host hotels, the smaller subsidiary hotels, and the many restaurants of the French Quarter were not seriously damaged and are open for business. Essential services to the areas surrounding our meetings are fully restored. Major conferences are already being held in the city.

New Orleans is one of the favorite meeting sites for the JMM. While the health and safety of our meeting attendees is our primary concern, we also want to show our support for the people of New Orleans. We can do this best by holding our meeting in New Orleans next year as planned.

We wish you all a wonderful JMM in 2006 in San Antonio, and we hope to see you again next year in The Big Easy.

Sincerely,