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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