As you can see, we have been very busy at US/ICOMOS over the past few months working to upgrade our website and the information services we provide to the cultural conservation community. Among the many new features we hope you will useful are:

• an easily remembered address at usicomos.org,
• regularly updated dynamic content,
• a streamlined electronic membership, contribution, and event registration system,
• RSS and iCal feeds to help keep you abreast of the latest news and events through a feed reader or calendar of your choice,
• an online membership directory to help you expand your professional network,
• and a forum to allow you, our members, to share ideas and information with your peers.

But the buck does not stop there! We are committed to improving our services and need your help to do so. Our plans for the future of usicomos.org are grand. We would like to put more information online and to develop new ways for our Scientific Committees and professional network to collaborate and interact.

Alas, we have but few hands and limited resources. That is why we need not only your suggestions on how this site--your site--can be enhanced but also, your financial support to make those enhancements. As you know, US/ICOMOS is supported solely through membership dues and the generosity of a small but noble group of benefactors. In this time of economic hardship, we need your financial contribution more than ever. Fortunately, it's now easier than ever to give with our online payment system and your gift to us is tax deductible!

So please feel free to login (or create a free user account if you haven't already) and reply to this thread with your comments and suggestions. You can also comment on news stories. If you have some sort of technical issue with the new site, please contact our webmaster at webmaster@usicomos.org

At your service,
-The US/ICOMOS Team