Thanks!!!
You too. 

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Subject: Re: NATCC 2005 Mexico City Update

Deborah - it looks great.
Have a great thanksgiving.
Sara

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> Subject:      NATCC 2005 Mexico City Update
> 
> The NATCC (North American Textile Conservation Conference) Board met 
> in Mexico City last week to plan for the November 2005 NATCC meeting 
> "Recovering the Past: The Conservation of Archaeological and 
> Ethnographic Textiles".  The meeting will be held in Mexico City at 
> the National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museology "Manuel del Castillo Negrete"
> (ENCRyM)and the National Museum of Anthropology of the Instituto 
> Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) on November 9 - 11, 2005.
> 
>  The Board selected papers representing authors from 12 countries. The 
> papers will be given in either English or Spanish with simultaneous 
> translation into English/Spanish.  Conference preprints will also be 
> bilinqual. (If you submitted an abstract for consideration, you will 
> shortly receive an email about whether it was accepted.)
> 
> The conference will be preceeded by optional tours and workshops on 
> November 8 and 9 and followed on November 12 by an optional tour to 
> Teotihuacán.  The Comité Nacional de Conservación Textil, which is 
> based in Chile with members from many South American countries, will 
> hold its meeting in Mexico City the same week.  Attendance at that 
> meeting is open to all who wish to attend; no prior registration is 
> necessary.  This will be the first time textile conservators from 
> North and South America will converge for meetings.
>  
> The NATCC Board is thrilled that the 05 meeting will be in Mexico. For 
> many of us on the NATCC Board, this was our first trip to Mexico City 
> and we cannot wait to return next year.  It is a beautiful city, with 
> great weather (a plus for us Northern folk in November!), and so much to see.
> 
> The local committee has selected a wonderful hotel with lots of 
> character, all the amenities, and a great conference rate. It is in 
> the Zona Rosa, a vibrant neighborhood with lots of restaurants and 
> shops, convienient to the historic and museum districts.
> 
> Board Chair Lorena Roman and Vice-chair Judy Gomez were incredibly 
> welcoming.  Their hospitality for the Board meeting was just a preview 
> of what they will do for all NATCC participants next November.
> 
> Look for a "Save the Date" postcard and the opening of the NATCC 
> website in January.  The registration materials will be available in Spring 2005.
> We look forward to seeing many of you in Mexico City! 
> 
> 
> Deborah Lee Trupin
> Chair, NATCC 2003
> Textile Conservator
> New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic  Preservation 
> Bureau of Historic Sites Peebles Island PO Box 219
> Waterford, NY  12188   USA
> 1 - 518 - 237 - 8643   ext. 3241
> 
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