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Posted by The Duke of Dunstable on January 28, 19103 at 03:54:33:
"For a while we have been trying to find a way of remembering Douglas in a way in which draws upon his many pions, including science/music/technology and literature.
We have therefore created the DAFT fund (Douglas Adams Funding Trust) to organise events related to the above, and to raise funds for his favourite charities and other projects. The first DNA memorial lecture is to be on March 11th (Douglas's 51st birthday) and given by his great friend Professor Richard Dawkins, entitled "Queerer than we can suppose: The strangeness of science" in aid of Save the Rhino and The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the two charities of which Douglas was patron.
There are plans, unconfirmed at the mo, for one or two other well known individuals to say a few words, and to conduct an auction of one or two fantastic items.
While Rick Mueller and Joel Greengr were travelling around making the recent doentary they asked all the contributors to sign two copies of Douglas's omnibus, well they have kindly been donated to be auctioned on the night!. Fear not if you cannot make it to London, those terribly nice chaps at the beeb beeb ceeb have agreed to broadcast the event online, and we are currently discussing ways to receive online bids so no one should miss the chance to get their hands on these gems.
The lecture is at 7.30pm on March 11th at The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London W1. Tickets are £15, and I will post details of how to get hold of them once they are available.
This is hopefully going to be the start of many DAFT events, all given in nature and spirit of Douglas. I hope at least some of you can make it.
Regards
James"