Hi all, fall is here (if it wasn't already) and the semester is starting, so it's time to rejuvenate the group meeting after the summer doldrums. Today we'll spend a little time on organization: who wants to talk when, what visitors we will be hosting in the foreseeable future, and so forth. Also, we'll hear what current visitor Marco Tomamichel has been up to and examine some of the flood of qip-related submissions to the arxiv. Best, -joe