project hi michelle , chris , helen and i met this afternoon and discussed about the project . we think the following course of action is appropriate . the model interface will be in excel spreadsheet , with most of the inputs ( from enron as well as from the consultant ) hiding in an access data base . the access data base can be update when needed . the engine will be written in visual basis code and be linked to excel through xll ( or dll ) . helen has been discussing with ken about various aspects of the model and will finalize the access data table form with ken . in the mean time , helen and i will start working on code this thursday ( she will be in training wednesday ) . best , alex