MS 9370
Records of the Green Mill Dance Project
Records
1991-97
4.62 m (33 boxes) + 1 folio item and posters
Available for reference
The records of the Green Mill Dance Project were donated to the Library
by the Projects board in 1998 and by the Australian Dance Council
(Ausdance) in July 2001.
The collection comprises archival records which relate to the formation
and administration of the Green Mill Dance Project and the co-ordination, by
the project, of an annual festival of dance between 1993 and 1997.
The records consist of administration files, financial records, board
records, promotional material, photographs and slides and ephemera. They
include correspondence with participants, suppliers, sponsors, venue managers
and government authorities, minutes of meetings, grant applications, reports,
statistics, programs, media releases, publicity material, posters and
biographical notes on participants.
Selected papers from the 1994 and 1995 festivals were edited by Hilary
Trotter and published by the Australian Dance Council (Ausdance), Canberra on
Green Mill's behalf. Included in the collection are papers accumulated by
Trotter in the process of editing the two publications Dance and narrative:
the Green Mill Dance Project Papers, 1994 and Is Technology the future
for dance? The Green Mill Project Papers, 1995.
The material provides a comprehensive record of the work of the
project.
Most of the records had been arranged into files by the organisation,
and the arrangement has been maintained by the Library.
The Green Mill Dance Project was founded in 1992 by Shirley McKechnie,
in response to a recommendation, made at the Australia Councils National
Dance Summit in Canberra in 1991, that an annual national dance forum be
established. Based in Melbourne, the Green Mill Dance Project was established
as a national dance event with an international perspective.
The inaugural festival of the Green Mill Dance Project was held in
January 1993. Festivals were then held annually, with the last being held in
1997. The project ceased operations in March 1998 after the Victorian
Government withdrew its funding. During the years of its operation, the Green
Mill Dance Project festivals gained national and international significance.
The name of the project commemorates The Green Mill, a dance
hall which opened in 1926 and became one of Melbournes most popular
nightspots, before closing down during the Depression.
| Series |
Title |
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| 1 |
Inaugural Festival, Melbourne Festival of Choreography and
Dance, 1992-93 |
| 2 |
1994 Festival, Dance, 1993-94 |
| 3 |
1995 Festival, Full Flight, 1994-95 |
| 4 |
1996 Festival, World Dance, 1995-96 |
| 5 |
1997 Festival, Heritage & Heresy, 1996-97 |
| 6 |
General administration files, 1992-98 |
| 7 |
Board records, 1992-97 |
| 8 |
Financial records, 1992-96 |
| 9 |
Photographs, 1993-96 |
| 10 |
Ephemera, 1991-97 |
| 11 |
Publication of Green Mill Project papers, 1994-95 |
| Series 1
|
Inaugural Festival, Melbourne Festival of
Choreography and Dance, 1992-93 |
|
This series comprises files (1992-93) relating to the
co-ordination of the inaugural festival of The Green Mill Dance Project,
Melbourne Festival of Choreography and Dance, held in January 1993.
The files contain correspondence regarding sponsorship, promotion of the
Festival and participation of performers, as well as press clippings. |
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File Number |
Title |
|
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| 1 |
Production Manager: correspondence, production schedules and
receipts for hire of equipment |
| 2 |
Performing Arts Board: correspondence, budget and grant
application |
| 3 |
Advertising: press |
| 4 |
Victorian Health sponsorship: correspondence and
agreement |
| 5 |
Cornwall Stodart, Solicitors: correspondence regarding
sponsorship |
| 6 |
BHP: sponsorship response |
| 7 |
Responses to questionnaires |
| 8 |
Program 1: Program Committee minutes and
correspondence |
| 9 |
Program 2: memoranda and correspondence |
| 10 |
Program 3: correspondence |
| 11 |
Ausdance: correspondence |
| 12 |
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia: correspondence, programs and
grant application |
| 13 |
Message from the Victorian Premier, Joan Kirner |
| 14 |
Media release from the Sheraton Towers, Melbourne regarding its
sponsorship of the project |
| 15-16 |
Biographical details of participants (two files) |
| 17 |
Sukarji Sriman, Indonesia: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 18 |
Minoru Suzuki, Japan: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 19 |
Willy Tsao, Hong Kong: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 20 |
Pham Anh Phuong, Vietnam: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 21 |
Catherine Chappell, New Zealand: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 22 |
Hsiao Mei Ho, Taiwan: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 23 |
Sun Ping, China: correspondence regarding participation |
| 24 |
Charles Neho, New Zealand: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 25 |
Min Cheuk Un, Hong Kong: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 26 |
Ramli Ibrahim, Malaysia: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 27 |
Born in a taxi (Melbourne dance group) :
correspondence regarding participation |
| 28 |
Leaning into the light: correspondence relating to a
performance by Nanette Hassall and Dancers |
| 29 |
Star*Danger*Star: correspondence relating to a
performance by Margaret Trail and Chris Lewis |
| 30 |
Outlet Dance Collection: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 31 |
Overseas general: correspondence relating to overseas
performers |
| 32 |
Fundraising: correspondence and minutes of the Fundraising
Committee |
| 33 |
City of Melbourne: correspondence regarding support for the
festival |
| 34 |
Ministry for the Arts (Victoria): correspondence regarding
support for the festival |
| 35 |
Melbourne Major Events Company: correspondence regarding support
for the festival |
| 36 |
Design: correspondence regarding the public image and overall
marketing strategy for the project |
| 37 |
Publicist: promotional material for performances |
| 38 |
Exhibitions: held in conjunction with the festival |
| 39 |
Final report |
| 40 |
Press releases |
| 41-42 |
Press clippings (2 files) |
| Series 2
|
1994 Festival, Dance, 1993-94 |
|
This series comprises files (1993-94) relating to the
co-ordination of the Green Mill Dance Project festival, Dance, held in
January 1994. The files contain correspondence regarding sponsorship, promotion
of the Festival and participation of performers, press clippings, biographical
notes on participants. |
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File Number |
Title |
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| 1 |
Victoria Health: correspondence regarding sponsorship |
| 2 |
City of Melbourne: correspondence regarding sponsorship |
| 3 |
Remy Australie: correspondence regarding sponsorship |
| 4 |
Sponsorship: general correspondence |
| 5 |
Performing Arts Board: correspondence and papers relating to
application for funding |
| 6 |
Ministry for the Arts: correspondence and papers relating to
grant application |
| 7 |
Minutes of Program Committee Meetings, 1993 |
| 8 |
Production management: correspondence and schedules |
| 9 |
Venues |
| 10 |
Julie Morgan: proposal for promotion of the 1994
festival |
| 11 |
Deborah Jowitt: correspondence regarding participation |
| 12 |
Professor R.M. Soedersano: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 13 |
Visa: Jowitt and Soedersano |
| 14 |
Expressions Dance Company: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 15 |
4 Generations a dance event: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 16 |
Participants: general |
| 17 |
Correspondence: general |
| 18 |
Press clippings |
| 19 |
Biographical notes on participants |
| Series 3
|
1995 Festival, Full Flight,
1994-95 |
|
This series comprises files (1994-95) relating to the
co-ordination of the Green Mill Dance Project festival, Full Flight,
held in January 1995. The files contain correspondence regarding sponsorship,
promotion of the Festival and participation of performers, press clippings,
biographical notes on participants and papers on production
management. |
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File Number |
Title |
|
|
| 1 |
Victorian Arts Centre Trust: correspondence regarding
sponsorship |
| 2 |
Performing Arts Board: correspondence regarding grant |
| 3 |
Marketing |
| 4 |
Program launch |
| 5 |
Program Committee report |
| 6 |
Event programs |
| 7 |
Julie Morgan Marketing: publicist for the festival |
| 8 |
FHA Image Design: correspondence regarding design and artwork
services |
| 9 |
Production management: performance schedules, payment schedules
and itineraries |
| 10 |
Biographical notes on participants |
| 11 |
Joe Gaiea: Aboriginal dance workshop |
| 12 |
Jeanne Randolph: correspondence regarding participation |
| 13 |
Sally Jane Norman: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 14 |
Vis A Vis Dance: correspondence regarding participation |
| 15 |
Fieldworks Performance Group: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 16 |
Danceworks: correspondence regarding participation |
| 17 |
The Navigators: festival event |
| 18 |
Microdance: festival event |
| 19 |
Public Access Classes: correspondence and papers relating to
classes to be held as part of the festival |
| 20 |
Media coverage |
| 21 |
Reviews |
| 22-26 |
Press clippings (5 files) |
| Series 4
|
1996 Festival, World Dance,
1995-96 |
|
This series comprises files relating to the
co-ordination of the Green Mill Dance Project festival, World Dance,
held in July 1996. The files contain correspondence regarding sponsorship and
Festival events and press clippings. |
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File Number |
Title |
|
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| 1 |
City of Melbourne: correspondence regarding financial support
and event venues |
| 2 |
Arts Victoria: correspondence regarding funding |
| 3 |
Tourism Victoria: correspondence regarding funding |
| 4 |
FHA Design: correspondence and papers regarding artwork and
design services |
| 5 |
Corporate sponsorship |
| 6 |
Sponsor packages: Qantas and Transfield Holdings |
| 7 |
Hong Kong: correspondence and papers relating to a trip to Hong
Kong by Shirley McKechnie of Green Mill to meet with various dance groups to
discuss their possible participation in the festival |
| 8 |
Immigration: correspondence with the Department of Immigration
and Multicultural Affairs regarding visas for overseas performers |
| 9 |
Report to the City of Melbourne |
| 10 |
Staff contracts |
| 11 |
Samples: media releases and publicity material |
| 12 |
Exhibitions: held in conjunction with the festival |
| 13 |
Dance Critics Workshop: festival event |
| 14 |
Dance Theatre of Vietnam: correspondence and papers relating to
the illness and death of principal dancer, Le Thuy Hahn, while on tour in
Australia as part of the festival |
| 15 |
Final report |
| 16 |
Press clippings |
| Series 5
|
1997 Festival, Heritage & Heresy,
1996-97 |
|
This series comprises files (1996-97) relating to the
co-ordination of the Green Mill Dance Project festival, Heritage &
Heresy, held in June/July 1997. The files contain correspondence regarding
sponsorship, promotion of the Festival and participation of performers, press
clippings, biographical notes on participants and papers on program development
and production management. |
|
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File Number |
Title |
|
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| 1 |
Australia Council: correspondence regarding grant |
| 2 |
City of Melbourne: correspondence regarding sponsorship |
| 3 |
Arts Victoria: correspondence regarding funding |
| 4 |
Business Victoria: correspondence regarding grant |
| 5 |
Victorian Arts Centre: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 6 |
Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA):
correspondence |
| 7 |
Julie Morgan Marketing: publicist for the festival |
| 8 |
Program: minutes of meetings |
| 9 |
Program: general correspondence |
| 10 |
The CUB Malthouse: correspondence regarding hire of
venue |
| 11 |
Proposals: from participants |
| 12 |
Invitations: correspondence and lists of invitees to the
official opening |
| 13 |
Media releases |
| 14 |
Press releases |
| 15 |
Proformas: included are programs, invitations and form
letters |
| 16 |
Gordon Van Praagh Choreographic Award: presented during the
festival |
| 17 |
Ministry of Culture, Beijing: correspondence regarding a visit
by a Chinese delegation |
| 18 |
Biographical notes on participants |
| 19 |
British Council: correspondence regarding the participation of
the UK group, Dance Umbrella |
| 20 |
Dance UK: correspondence regarding participation |
| 21 |
Ming Shen Ku (Taiwan): correspondence regarding
participation |
| 22-23 |
Taipei Dance Circle: correspondence regarding participation (2
files) |
| 24 |
World Dance Alliance Korea: correspondence regarding
participation |
| 25 |
Ian Spink: correspondence regarding participation |
| 26 |
Some Bodies: correspondence regarding participation |
| 27 |
Box Office: statistical information on event
attendances |
| 28 |
Press clippings |
| Series 6
|
General administration files, 1992-98 |
|
This series comprises general administration files relating to
the operations of the Green Mill Dance Project. The files contain
correspondence and papers regarding the ongoing activities of the Green Mill
Dance Project, rather than for specific festivals. |
|
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File Number |
Title |
|
|
| 1 |
Archival material: miscellaneous correspondence, 1992 |
| 2-3 |
Arts Victoria/Australian Ballet: correspondence regarding office
accommodation, 1993-94 (2 files) |
| 4 |
Rosemary Hinde, Hirano Pty Ltd: report on the development of
Green Mill Dance Projects Asia-Pacific activities, September
1994 |
| 5 |
Australian Film, Television and Radio School: program for a
proposed Dance and Video workshop, August 1994 |
| 6 |
Tertiary Dance Council of Australia: correspondence and
discussions paper regarding a proposal for tertiary student involvement in the
Green Mill Dance Project, 1994 |
| 7 |
Scholarships: correspondence regarding student scholarships,
1994 |
| 8 |
Reports: March 1994 February 1995 |
| 9-10 |
Arts Victoria: general correspondence, 1994-95 (2
files) |
| 11-12 |
Australian Film Commission: correspondence and papers relating
to an investment agreement for an experimental film entitled The Star
Dragon, 1994-95 (2 files) |
| 13 |
Star Dragon: report to the Sidney Myer Foundation
who made a financial contribution to the film project, October 1995 |
| 14 |
Tertiary Dance Council of Australia: correspondence,
1995-96 |
| 15 |
Australia Council: general correspondence, 1994-97 |
| 16 |
Publishing: correspondence relating to Green Mill Dance Project
publications, 1996-97 |
| 17 |
Scholarships: correspondence regarding student scholarships,
1997 |
| 18 |
Department of Communications and the Arts: correspondence
regarding registration of the Green Mill Dance Project as a Cultural
Organisation and tax deductions, 1995-97 |
| 19 |
Sponsorship: approaches to various organisations for sponsorship
of the 1996, 1997 and 1998 festivals, 1995-97 |
| 20 |
Strategic Consulting House: correspondence regarding the
development of a Business Plan for the Green Mill Dance Project,
1996-97 |
| 21 |
Strategic Management Workshop, May 1997: workshop handout and
summary of results |
| 22 |
Program 98: meeting notes and draft of the 1998
program |
| Series 7
|
Board records, 1992-97 |
|
This series comprises files relating to the activities of the
board of the Green Mill Dance Project. They contain correspondence and minutes
and agendas of meetings of the board and the Executive Committee. |
|
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File Number |
Title |
|
|
| 1 |
Incorporation: correspondence and papers relating to the
establishment of the Green Mill Dance Project, 1992-93 |
| 2 |
Executive Committee Meetings: agendas and minutes, May 1991 -
February 1993 |
| 3 |
Annual General Meeting: agenda and minutes, May 1993 |
| 4 |
Board Meetings: agendas and minutes, October 1991 - February
1993 |
| 5 |
Board Meetings: agendas and minutes, April 1993 - February
1994 |
| 6 |
Annual General Meeting: agenda and minutes, April 1994 |
| 7 |
Executive Committee Meetings: agendas and minutes, July 1994 -
February 1995 |
| 8 |
Board correspondence, 1993-94 |
| 9 |
Board correspondence, 1994-96 |
| 10 |
Annual General Meeting: agenda and minutes, April 1995 |
| 11 |
Board Meetings: agendas and minutes, March 1994 March
1995 |
| 12 |
Board Meetings: agendas and minutes, April 1995 April
1996 |
| 13 |
Executive Committee Meetings: agendas and minutes, April 1995 -
December 1996 |
| 14 |
Board Meetings: agendas and minutes, May 1996 November
1996 |
| 15 |
Board memberships, 1994-97 |
| Series
8 |
Financial records, 1992-96 |
|
This series comprises financial records of the Green Mill Dance
Project. They include files on taxation, the budget and bank reconciliations,
as well as deposit books, cheque butts, purchase order books, cheque
requisition forms and event contracts. |
|
|
File Number |
Title/Description |
|
|
| 1 |
WorkCare: Workers Compensation Insurance, 1992/93 |
| 2-3 |
Taxation, 1992/93 (2 files) |
| 4 |
Budget, 1992/93 |
| 5-6 |
Superannuation, 1993/94 (2 files) |
| 7 |
Receipt and remittance advices, 1993/94 |
| 8 |
Tax forms, 1993/95 |
| 9 |
Budget reconciliations, 1993/94 |
| 10 |
Budget notes and remittances, 1993/94 |
| 11 |
Bank reconciliations, 1993/94 |
| 12 |
Ledger printout, 1993/94 |
| 13 |
Malthouse/Green Mill settlement (for box office receipts),
1993/94 |
| 14-15 |
Budget working papers, 1994/95 (2 files) |
| 16 |
Budget, 1994/95 |
| 17 |
Monthly financial reports, 1994/95 |
| 18 |
WorkCare: Workers Compensation Insurance, 1994/95 |
| 19 |
Budget notes, 1994/95 |
| 20 |
Petty Cash, 1994/95 |
| 21 |
Cash flows, 1994/95 |
| 22 |
Budget papers, 1994/95 |
| 23 |
Cheque reconciliations, 1994/95 |
| 24-25 |
Taxation 1994/95 (2 files) |
| 26 |
Deposit books and cheque butts, 1992-95 |
| 27-28 |
Cheque requisitions, 1992/93 (two bundles) |
| 29 |
Petty cash, 1992/93 |
| 30 |
Purchase Order books, 1993/94 |
| 31 |
Event contracts, 1993-94 |
| 32 |
Event contracts, 1994-95 |
| 33-35 |
Cheque requisitions, 1993/94 (3 bundles) |
| 36 |
Star Dragon (film project) bank books, 1994-95 |
| 37-39 |
Cheque requisitions, 1994/95 (1-3 of 7 bundles) |
| 40-41 |
Cheque requisitions, 1994/95 (4-5 of 7 bundles) |
| 42-43 |
Cheque requisitions, 1994/95 (6-7 of 7 bundles) |
| 44-45 |
Cheque requisitions, 1995/96 (1-2 of 4 bundles) |
| 46-47 |
Cheque requisitions, 1995/96 (3-4 of 4 bundles) |
| 48 |
World Dance 1996: box office reports |
| Series 9
|
Photographs, 1993-96 |
|
This series contains photographs, slides and proofsheets of
various artists and festival performances. Also included are slides and
negatives of the Green Mill Dance Project logo and sheets of photographic works
by Jacquie Henshaw, used for the 1994 Festival promotional material. |
|
|
|
4 packets plus material in folio box |
| Series 10
|
Ephemera, 1991-97 |
|
This series comprises mostly promotional material, which
includes flyers, press releases, brochures, programs and invitations to
openings for each festival. Also included are posters for the 1993 Festival and
a promotional poster for Danceworks, who appeared in the 1995 Festival.
The ephemera has been arranged by the Library into order by
year |
|
|
Folder |
Description |
|
|
| 1 |
Miscellaneous, 1991-92 |
| 2 |
1993 Festival |
| 3 |
1994 Festival |
| 4 |
1995 Festival |
| 5 |
1996 Festival |
| 6 |
1997 Festival |
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Posters are housed in the folio box and map drawer |
| Series 11
|
Publication of the Green Mill Dance Project papers,
1994-95 |
|
As a forum for choreography and dance, part of each festival
included a program of seminars, discussion panels and workshops. Selected
papers from the 1994 and 1995 festivals were edited by Hilary Trotter and
published by the Australian Dance Council (Ausdance), Canberra on Green Mill's
behalf. This series comprises papers accumulated by Trotter in the process of
editing the two publications Dance and narrative: the Green Mill Dance
Project Papers, 1994 and Is Technology the future for dance? The Green
Mill Project Papers, 1995. Included is correspondence, festival programs,
photographs, drafts of papers, edited proofs and publication clearance forms
sighed by the authors. Also included are 21 computer disks containing text of
papers presented at the 1995 festival, which were sent to Trotter by a number
of the authors. |
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File number |
Description |
|
|
| 1-2 |
1994 Festival: correspondence, programs, photographs and drafts
of papers |
| 3-6 |
1994 Festival: edited proofs |
| 7 |
1994 Publication clearance forms |
| 8-10 |
1995 Festival: correspondence, programs, photograph and drafts
of papers |
| 11 |
1995 Festival: edited typescript and accompanying slides of a
paper presented by Jeanne Randolph entitled 'Technology and the meaningful
body'. |
| 12 |
1995 Festival: publication clearance forms |
| 13 |
1995 Festival: computer disks |
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Box |
Series |
Folder/item |
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1 |
1 |
1-8 |
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2 |
1 |
9-14 |
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3 |
1 |
15-27 |
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4 |
1 |
28-39 |
|
5 |
1 |
40-42 |
|
5 |
2 |
1-5 |
|
6 |
2 |
6-19 |
|
7 |
3 |
1-8 |
|
8 |
3 |
9-21 |
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9 |
3 |
22-26 |
|
9 |
4 |
1-3 |
|
10 |
4 |
4-15 |
|
11 |
4 |
16 |
|
11 |
5 |
1-7 |
|
12 |
5 |
8-14 |
|
13 |
5 |
15-26 |
|
14 |
5 |
27-28 |
|
14 |
6 |
1-8 |
|
15 |
6 |
9-14 |
|
16 |
6 |
15-22 |
|
17 |
7 |
1-5 |
|
18 |
7 |
6-9 |
|
19 |
7 |
10-13 |
|
20 |
7 |
14-15 |
|
20 |
8 |
1-10 |
|
21 |
8 |
11-20 |
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22 |
8 |
21-26 |
|
23 |
8 |
27-29 |
|
24 |
8 |
30-32 |
|
25 |
8 |
33-35 |
|
26 |
8 |
36-39 |
|
27 |
8 |
40-41 |
|
28 |
8 |
42-45 |
|
29 |
8 |
46-48 |
|
30 |
9 |
1-4 |
|
31 |
10 |
1-6 |
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32 |
11 |
1-7 |
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33 |
11 |
8-13 |
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Folio box |
9 and 10 |
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Map drawer no. |
10 |
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September 1999. Updated July 2002. |