minutes for 17 October

I sent these minutes shortly after the Wed meeting to the chairs and
contacts from my personal email, but it may have been lost.  The minutes
need the fixing that Sandro was going to do, so they will be changed
somehow before going up on the wiki.

Comments back to me and the group, I guess, but hopefully the minutes
will soon go through the required post processing and be put up on the
wiki.

peter