Dear All,

first of all thanks to those of you who came to the SPPA conference 
in Glasgow this weekend - special thanks to the speakers and to 
Andy McGonigal for all his work in organizing the conference, and for 
joining the (now 100% increased from just being the caretaker) 
committee. Also thanks to our new local contacts at St.Andrew's and 
Aberdeen for not resisting too much when volunteered. 

We're hoping to arrange another SPPA event towards the end of the 
Spring term (i.e. around Easter) and are looking for volunteers - 
anyone interested please mail the caretaker. 

Further to some comments received at a short SPPA meeting held at 
the conference:

** If people feel there is sometimes a bit much mail from the list: 
Unfortunately, we can't tailor the list exactly to suit individual interests, 
and the aim is to cover a broad range of interests. If you feel like your 
inbox is being swamped, you can always check the headlines and 
delete if it doesn't look relevant to you.

- Messages from the list can also be read on the web at:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-p-t/scot-pg-phil/ 
if you prefer to check them in your own time.

** Some people felt there should be more Scottish items on the list. 
Most information about current seminars/speaker events etc. should 
be available from links to the Scottish philosophy departments from 
the SPPA webpage:

http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_sppa/Universities.html

This hasn't been fully updated as the current webmaster is on an 
overbooked schedule. We hope to find a solution (soon) that will 
allow other people access to the files so we can get updates more 
frequently. Anyone currently registered as a St.Andrew's student is 
especially encouraged to volunteer as we would then be saved the 
extra trouble of moving the files from their current location.

**  Reminder/encouragement: People on the list can also post things 
to the list directly, just put [log in to unmask] in the to: 
field. 

**  Finally, a few people seemed a bit unsure about what the SPPA 
is, so I thought I'd forward the mission statement - more contact 
information should be in the signature at the end of this message.

				***Mission statement***

The Scottish Postgraduate Philosophy Association is an organization 
which aims to serve the needs of philosophy postgraduates in 
Scotland. To this end, the SPPA organizes conferences, gathers and 
redistributes details of visiting and other speakers and encourages 
contact and communication between its members. The SPPA also 
provides moral and financial support for independent initiatives that 
will benefit the Scottish Postgraduate Community as a whole. 

And that really should more than enough from me for one mail...

-Sophie (SPPA caretaker)
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Scottish Postgraduate Philosophy Association
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