<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #006600'><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600">Dear ASSA member</span><span style="color:#006600"></span><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #006600"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #006600"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600"> </span></b><span style="color:#006600"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600">The February 2012 issue of MNASSA can now be downloaded from the MNASSA Download Page at <a href="http://www.mnassa.org.za/" target="_blank">http://www.mnassa.org.za/</a> </span><span style="color:#006600"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The attached cover pictures give an idea what is installed in this issue.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I must apologise for this issue being slightly late. It is partly due to all the effort that goes into preparing articles to conform to our style and standards - these time consuming preparations take several times longer than doing the actual layout!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600">In order to speed this up, I prepared a Concise Style Guide for contributions of articles to MNASSA (http://assa.saao.ac.za/resource/Concise_MNASSA_Style_Guide.pdf). All authors are requested to please digest this information and to submit their material in this format only. A (crude) MS Word template is also available for download (http://assa.saao.ac.za/resource/MNASSA_Article_Template.doc). Your cooperation in this regard is appreciated.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600"> </span><span style="color:#006600"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600">We trust that you will enjoy this issue</span><span style="color:#006600"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006600">Willie Koorts (Layout Editor)</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>