I have had a very positive response from Chris who suggests that we can work together on this and 2003 and beyond. One of her concerns is that we don't raise peoples expectations of what our fringe will offer this year in case they are disappointed and this reflects on the festival proper. I agree with that and we must be careful about how we publicise this - we don't want people coming expecting Jon Wright or Vin Garbutt and getting Jim, Les and Maggie!

Chris has suggested a meeting with interested parties and I don't have any problem with that.