revision received dec 21/05 - sent to refs
Kim-chuan agrees it is ok on dec 22/05
Sam Burer agrees on dec 30  
only Franz remains to hear from - but he ok'd the previous version
So .... email send to Kocvara on Dec 30 that the paper is 'ok'
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Toh report sent to authors with request to reply to referee's question and to
improve 'english' - nov 18.
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Toh agrees revision is fine - sent enw report
in file  PB-Kocvara-rep2.pdf
and Rendl agrees revision is fine on nov 16
and Sam agrees - all is fine nov 18
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revision received and sent to three referees on nov 3
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paper sent by Kocvara

Feb 7 sent paper for refereeing to:
      Franz Rendl  replied mar22 - accept with minor revision REf 1
      Mauricio Resende -- declined - asking Joaquim Judice
      Sam Burer         -reply REf 2
      Toh Kim Chuan         -reply REf 3

reports sent to author Apr. 25/05
with email message and reply from Kocvara:
From hwolkowi@orion.math.uwaterloo.ca Wed May 11 10:06:53 2005
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:01:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Henry Wolkowicz <hwolkowi@orion.math.uwaterloo.ca>
To: Michal Kocvara <kocvara-am2@penopt.com>
Subject: Re: referee reports

Hi Michal,
    Please take your time, e.g. a couple of months is no problem.
There are still papers in the refereeing phase.
So, I hope 2 months is sufficient time.
  best regards  Henry


Prof. Henry Wolkowicz    |USE Email: hwolkowicz AT uwaterloo.ca
Univ. of Waterloo        |URL http://orion.math.uwaterloo.ca/~hwolkowi
Dept of Comb and Opt     |Tel   (519) 888-4567, x5589, office MC6065
Waterloo, Ont. CANADA N2L 3G1          |Fax   (519) 725-5441

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Michal Kocvara wrote:

> Thanks a lot, Henry!
>
> We'll try to submit the revised version as soon as possible but it may
> take some time. Is there any kind of deadline for that?
>
> Best,
> Michal
>
> Henry Wolkowicz wrote:
>
> > Dear Michal,
> >    Here are three (excellent) referee reports on your paper with Michael
> > Stingl.
> > All three agree that your paper is very interesting and should be accepted
> > for publication.
> > Also, all three have many comments on how to improve the presentation.
> >
> > All three reports are quite long - which shows how interesting your paper
> > is.
> >
> > I hope that you can benefit from the three reports and revise your paper
> > accordingly.
> >
> > Thanks for submitting this to the special issue.
> >
> >    see you soon in Stockholm
> >
> >  best regards  Henry
> >
> >
> > Prof. Henry Wolkowicz    |USE Email: hwolkowicz AT uwaterloo.ca
> > Univ. of Waterloo        |URL http://orion.math.uwaterloo.ca/~hwolkowi
> > Dept of Comb and Opt     |Tel   (519) 888-4567, x5589, office MC6065
> > Waterloo, Ont. CANADA N2L 3G1          |Fax   (519) 725-5441
>