All planning to go to the Marrakech meeting: I just got the word that deadline for visas is Friday 12 February - that is, TOMORROW. The message is a bit confusing though: "Our local host just informed us that they will stop taking visa upon arrival applications tomorrow. Applications submitted AFTER Friday, 12 February 2016, 17:00 UTC, will NOT be reviewed." I'm not quite sure what that means, but I presume the intent is that visa-on-arrival needs some kind of preapproval, or maybe the deadline is for all visas. I assume this does not apply to people from visa-exempted countries. I'll try to clarify this ASAP. But if you do need a visa, you're advised to apply for it tomorrow (Friday the 12th) if you haven't done so already. -- Tapani Tarvainen