Dear all,

I won't be able to make it to the meeting. Let me summarise what
currently my thoughts are about this proposal, such that is has a
chance to be accepted and does not conflict with NOVA. I think the
proposal should
- focus on things we will/can not do without the extra money, rather
 than pay for things we want to do anyway.
- for me this means hiring people really on the boundaries between
 the different communities or projects. One thing I think we should
 consider very seriously is to connect (more) with the theory
 community in NL. In other countries there are all-round theorists
 that contribute to different fields of astronomy and physics which we
 don't seem to have (sorry if I offend anybody) 
- this also implies real joint projects and hiring of junior people
- as I have said before, I see CR, neutrinos and TeV gammas as serving
 one field, so would like to see a coherent plan there
- For instrumentation I think we again need to list what we will do
 anyway and then see if there are things missing. If they are, we
 should seriously wonder why and come with a convincing story that we
 can actually set up new things.

Best wishes
Gijs