> First of all, may I offer my condolences on your not receiving a
> Sparky - whatever THAT may be ;-)

Sparky was the fluffy Phoenix mascot that Helen made for the conference.
Sparky I initial prototype -> Sparky II "official mascot", there was a
picture
of him on the home page of the IBPhoenix site, advertising the conference.
Sparky was raffled off to the highest bidder at the end of the conference.
Now all I have to do is work out where I can get 100's of them made and sell
them :-)

Regards
Paul