Orchestra musicians knew Timothy as an avid listener of classical music and a specialist in acoustics. Now they learn that Timothy is chairing a committee that is organizing and planning an international conference on acoustics. The conference will include several sections, and several panels will be scheduled to cover various topics. Architects and acousticians will discuss the sound quality on concert stages, in conference halls, and in movie theaters. Danny, who is an acoustician, will chair one of the panels. As a conference organizer, Timothy invited specialists in the field, and individual presentations will relate to the industry and pertain the traffic-related problems with the noise on bridges and in public communication vehicles. Some musicians from the orchestra, including Donald, the organ player and Hubert, a famous composer, are invited to the committee that works on instrumental acoustics. Trombonist Owen, who serves as a professor at the university music department, will employ Gary, the intern from the music department and some students from the art department to work for the conference. They will be paid to design flyers and posters about the conference and to work on conference proceedings. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles coming from tight security measures (“tight security measures” is a buzzword used by the IT departments to answer complains). For example, the SPAM filters reject some group e-mails. Media man Duncan makes the conference website ready by combining various photographs, video and press clips into a visually appealing design. He includes program content, data about each place events are held, weather and travel, along with information about some known and recognized participants. Duncan will be responsible for reporting and videotaping the event. He will also collaborate with people from newspapers and broadcasting companies. Debbie (who is an avid photographer and also an instrument collector) will take photos and shoot video clips during the sessions. Duncan will design the posters and programs. Three music critics, Monique, Miranda, and Michelle want very much to write about conference subjects and imagine they would do it for the proceedings, articles, and interviews. However, it seems unlikely that one of the M.J. sisters would be officially appointed for a position of a conference spokesperson. Vocalists Edward and Deborah will perform at a special concert for the conference participants. Lorenzo will throw a special party for the Conference Organizing Committee members. Somehow, all the conference participants showed up at the party, so it went into the history as a "tram party."