Dear Erik Ledbetter, We also extend our condolence to the citizens of all these affected countries. We have some joint projects in the area in relation with cultural tourism in coastal areas and the information from our colleagues from Sri Lanka and Malaysia are terrible. Please, let us know your prelimitary monitoring data about the situation in the region after the identification of the needs of museum and heritage professionals. We are interested in to collaborate if there is some international initiative to coordinate the aid to optimize results. We will try to search financial funds from Spain to help our colleagues to recover their cultural and heritage resources after the first humanitary aid to cover the main necessities. In this sense, Spanish government and NG0's are collaborating now in the first humanitary help in the area. All the best, Jordi Juan ****************** Dr. Jordi Juan i Tresserras Professor associat - Gestió del Patrimoni Arqueològic / Turisme Cultural S.E.R.P./ Dept. Prehistòria, Història Antiga i Arqueologia UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Coordinador dels Cursos de Postgrau en Gestió Cultural UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Pg.Vall d'Hebron, 171 Ed.Llevant Desp.115 08035-Barcelona (Catalunya, Espanya) Tel.(+34) 93 4034427 Fax.(+34) 93 4034746 Correu-e: [log in to unmask] www.ub.edu/cultural www.gestioncultural.org/ibertur www.ub.es/medame/principal.html ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html