From: Robert Alegre [mailto:ralegre_2000@yahoo.com]
Date: December 14, 2006

Dear Colleagues,

El Universal announced yesterday that plans are in the
works to cut the AGN's budget by over 50%. The staff
that we have become friendly with and who have helped
us over the years would surely face layoffs as a
consequence. Cuts in services will surely make our
work more difficult.

If the news is accurrate, then I think we need to get
together--online, at the AHA, in our departments--and
figure out a way to petition the new administration to
reconsider the cuts. An alliance among scholars based
in and outside of Mexico might carry some weight.

I thought I would send this out to open a dialogue and
see if anyone had any ideas.

Rob Alegre
Rutgers U.