Okay, Boys and Girls, here's what I have learned. The restaurant wanted us to
vote on the dishes so they could pick the MOST POPULAR. Now I know some of you
have special needs (i.e. no meat) and the restaurant has ASSURED me that they
will take special care of you if there aren't enough non-meat dishes below.

Since not all of you responded. (respondees are in BOLD on the attendee list
below), I used the ratio of responses to apply to the entire group. Tonight, I
told the restaurant "41". They will allow wiggle room of +/- 3 so we can be up
to 44 and that should be OK. They then picked the top choices from the whole
menu. Platters of all of these will go around family-style. (Actually, this
sounds like a lot of fun!). Compared to previous years, this should be an
"intimate" dinner. And, hey, if you lost your favorite dish, almost nothing I
chose made the cut! If you need to you can call the restaurant directly and
talk to Amber or Chris.

DATE: Thursday, October 28, 2004
PLACE: Buca di Beppo
855 Howard St.
415-543-7673
COST: $27.50 includes everything, gratuity, and tip, (except alcohol).
We have until 9:30PM at the restaurant.
DIRECTIONS: Go out of the hall and turn West (away from the bay, towards
Twin Peaks). You are at 747 Howard St. Just go to 855, one block away.
TIME: 7 PM (one hour after the close of show that day)
We will meet at the Belden booth (#1414) at a casual 6 PM, at the end of the
show, and proceed en masse, probably around 6:30 PM. Or you can just meet us at
the restaurant.

I used the actual count of those who responded to determine the ratio of
choices to reflect on the entire 41 meals, which will be as follows:

ANTIPASTI
Garlic Bread with Mozzarella
Fried Calamari

INSALATE
Caesar Salad
Mixed Green Salad with Prosciutto & Gorgonzola

ENTREES/PASTA
Chicken with Lemon
Baked Ravioli
Eggplant Parmigiana
Penne Cardinale
Chicken Saltimbocca

SIDE DISHES
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans

DOLCI
Tiramisu
Torta Doppia Cioccolato

Do you want to go? It's not too late to send me a reservation, but I am only
allowed 3 more than the 41 signed up below. Just show up at the Belden booth
#1414 at the end of show Thursday, or meet us at the restaurant.

This year, AES has (finally) set up online "exhibits only" registration. No
more paper passes. The address is: http://www.aes.org/events/117/vip.cfm?27

Steve Lampen
Multimedia Technology Manager
Belden CDT

THE LIST SO FAR: An asterisk means you said OK to Friday, but we've moved to
Thursday and you didn't re-confirm. BOLD means you sent me your menu choices.
(You have been formally placed in my Hall of Fame for putting up with all
this!)

Francois Orban San Leandro.
JJ Old & Retired
*Mark Particle Salad
Winter San Francisco
CA
Jack Andresen ETS Fremont CA
George Ashley San Francisco CA
John Atkinson Stereophile magazine New York, NY
Clete Baker +2 Studio B, Ltd. Omaha NE
Stephen Balliet Reflection Audio San Francisco
CA
John Balmer
Dan Dugan +1 Dan Dugan Sound Design San Francisco CA
Robin Farrell JuliRob Productions
Gordon Gidluck Gidluck Mastering
Aaron J. Grier Frye Electronics Portland OR
Eelco Grimm Grimm Audio The Netherlands
Andrew Hollis
Jon Iverson Stereophile/Ultimate AV
Lou & Coleen Judson Intuitive Audio San Francisco CA
Bob Katz +wife
Steve Lampen Belden CDT San Francisco CA
Brian L. McCarty Wexler-McCarty Mgmt Queensland, Australia
Len Moskowitz Core Sound
Bob Olhsson +1 Audio Mastery Nashville TN
James & Della Perrett JRP Music United Kingdom
*Vince Poulos Speck Electronics
Bruno Putzeys Grimm Audio The Netherlands
Mike Rivers
Bill Ruck Broadcast Engineer San Francisco CA
Keith Sklower San Francisco
CA
Bob Smith BS Studios
Mark Stahlman New Media Laboratory New York NY
Doug Van Sloun Studio B, Ltd. Omaha, NE
Jacques Verdier Verdier Ventures San Francisco
CA
Barry Willis Stereophile/Ultimate AV