Dear ARML team,
A few announcements today:
1. This year, ARML will be providing box lunches on Saturday, to avoid having to wait in line at a very crowded dining hall. They need us to tell them how many of each type of lunch we need. To choose a lunch, please fill out this survey. This is mandatory for everyone who is going (or thinking of going) to ARML, and we need your response by Wednesday, May 13th. If you don't fill it out, we'll take a guess and hope you like the results.
2. Briefly, for those who haven't been to ARML before, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Silas Johnson, a member of Mathleague.org's writing/editing staff during the "regular season". During ARML season, I handle some of our logistical planning. I will also be Power Question grading chair during the contest this year. I've always enjoyed working with the team, and this year is no exception. Some of you have already heard from me--if you email arml@mathleague.org with any questions about travel information, I'm most likely going to be the person replying.
3. Speaking of logistics, we hope to get a lot more information out to you in the next week. I know a lot of you are anxious to find out more about travel, but there are some things (such as dorm assignments, in particular) we need to wait until our team is finalized and ARML registration is complete to find out about. In any case, I plan to have something in the way of an itinerary out to you by the end of this week, even if it's tentative and missing a few things.
For those of you flying from Phoenix on the approved flight, we're still in the process of planning when you're going to meet at the airport and who's going to be the lead chaperone. Rest assured that we will have that information to you well ahead of the contest. For those driving, we're waiting to find out our dorm assignments and choose a meeting time. I expect to have a meeting time picked out by the end of next week. A location will have to wait until ARML assigns dorms, which will not happen until sometime after May 15th.
Here's the Saturday lunch survey again. Make sure to fill it out by Wednesday!
See you in a few weeks! --Silas