<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=4>Dear Friends and Colleagues</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>As Adriana and I got back from our trip to USA last = February we sent a general email to the list to thank everybody for their = kindness and amability, and  individual emails to all the people where we = stayed and with whom we met in part to thank them and also sending them the = pictures we took at their places. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>As we learned in this days, after talking to some of = the people, it seems some of the emails did not arrive, still now maybe = because all the turmoil which is going on, some emails are just disapearing, For all = those which we visited, if you did not receive our email please let us know, = and do not feel we were disconsidered, for the same reason I am sending this = email through the list, as I myself can check that it arrived when reflected = in the list</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>In Adrianas (my wife) name and mine, again, thank = you very much to all of you, who made our trip so plesent, To the rest of the = list, which we are sure had us in their thoughts, also thank you</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>Elian and Adriana Degen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>