[2020 ARML] - First ARML Practices this weekend!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to another year of ARML! As you know, this year ARML has been replaced by an online ARML Local contest. In these unusual circumstances and uncertain times, I believe it's more important than ever before that we provide the opportunity to get together every weekend, do math, and socialize with friends.

We plan to have weekly ARML practices on Zoom this spring, every Saturday and Sunday, 5pm-7pm, starting this weekend (today!). We will most likely have a mix of past ARML problems, math talks about miscellaneous topics, and whatever else people recommend. We plan for the Saturday and Sunday practices each weekend to feature similar content, and students are encouraged to come to one of the sessions each weekend. There will be multiple parallel mini-sessions at each practice, and if you choose to attend both sessions, there may be some overlapping material, but you will be able to participate in different breakout sessions the second time. We're still setting everything up for today's practice, and we will follow up with a Zoom invite this afternoon.

A few logistical announcements:

• If you ever miss any announcements, you can view our email archive.
• Join the SFBA ARML facebook page!
  
• Information about practices will be available at https://math.berkeley.edu/~moorxu/2020ARML/ soon.
• Please ignore any information on the team website about payments, travel, permission slips, etc -- no need for any of that this year.

I hope to see many of you at our first online practices this weekend. Over the years, I've come to associate spring with ARML, and I'm excited to get back to the rhythm of regular weekend practices. Even though our practices will have an unusual format, it will be full of friendly familiar faces, and it will feel like spring again.

Best,

Moor