The 14th Symposium of the ICOMOS International Wood Committee will take place in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico November 10 to 15th. As you may know, David Michelmore and I have been interested in increasing Wood Committee activities in Latin America during our term so we were particularly pleased when long time committee member Guadaloupe Zepeda Martinez agreed to undertake organizing this symposium.
We hope our members will respond by actively participating in this rare opportunity to learn and contribute to wood conservation activities in Mexico.

I am sending you recently finalized information about the symposium

Theme:
Traditional and current techniques in manufacture of wood related to its durability.
– pre-colonial and colonial techniques
– identification and evaluation of historic wood
– considerations and decision making about wood conservation and forest resources.

Program:
Please see the attached program or the IIWC website at www.icomos.org.

Travel:
To travel to Patzcuaro participants should fly to Mexico City or Guadalajara.
You then travel by bus to Morellia. This is a journey of 3-4 hours. Those of you who participated in the General Assembly in Mexico City in 1999 will remember what an interesting journey this was. Buses which travel directly to Morellia are available at the airports.
Then by bus from Morellia to Patzcuaro, the symposium location. This is journey of about 1 hour.
We are working on getting detailed bus schedule information to assist you in your travel plans.

Costs:
Bus fare Mexico City to Morelia $US20 (one way) 4hours
Bus fare Guadalajara to Morelia $US19 (one way) 3 hours
Bus fare Morellia to Patzcuaro $US16.501 hour
Meals allow $20 to $40 US per day
1US$ = 10.8 Mexican pesos
Symposium registration is US$100

Accomodation in Morellia and Patzcuaro:
See attached hotel lists or web www.maruataviajes.com. I plan to reserve at the Escudos in Patzcuaro.

Contact in Mexicio:
Our contact in Mexico for the symposiyum is long time committee member Guadaloupe Zepeda Martinez. She can be reached at: sympowood2003@yahoo.com.

Registration:
To register for the symposium contact :
Luis Perez Verdia
13, col. Ladron de Gievara, S.H.
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
C.P. 44680
tel/fax: 33 36 30 17 70
e-mail: xvisimposyum@hotmail.com