<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2722.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Friends, Colleagues, and = Lists</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the latest posts I have been = watching that many of you are leaving for holydays so </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much to all of you, for = your concern, and support, I do not have much time now to write. My family = and myself have not been affected, and the same as many others who were also = unaffected we have been working toghether with the "Help Teams" for as long as needed, = hopefuly by January we will have some more time as soon as the primary = emergency is off, meanwhile </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Merry Christmas and Happy New Yearfor = all of you, with my best wishes for a much better 2000</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elian Degen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>