Hello crop modelers, At this year's ASA-CSSA-SSSA meetings, the ICASA Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems will be Monday 1 Nov. from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in Room 254B of the Salt Palace Center. Possible topics for informal discussion are: Events: * The upcoming SAAD-3 Symposium (CIP, Lima, Peru) * The just-finished TACO Shell Workshop (CIMMYT, Texcoco, Mexico) * ICASA training courses for 2000 Tools: * Status of DSSAT v3.5 * Status of DSSAT v4.0 * Y2K compliance of ICASA tools and data sets * ICASA standards * New tools or shells Models per se: * Modular modeling * Interest in new crops interest Other topics as suggested by participants. Hope to see many of you there! Best regards, Jeff White