Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:27:52 +0900
Kristen
It is a very sad news. I met her in Kyoto NaGISA/F-MAP Meeting in 2004. She was really one of the most friendly and kindly connected people in CoML and me.
Very sincerely,
Hiroyuki Matsuda

Some of you may have learned this sad news by now. The Secretariat hasbeen informed that Robin Rigby, NaGISA's project manager and outreachliaison, was killed on Sunday in a traffic accident in Kushimoto, Japan.This comes as a shock and is a tremendous loss for NaGISA, for theCensus and for many of us, personally, who over the years became goodfriends with Robin. She was only 30 years old and was one of the mostenergetic, friendly and well connected people in the Census.

Robin Rigby's funeral will take place on December 15th at 1 pm (local time in Japan, +9:00 to GST).
It will be held at "Miyabi" (one of the private ceremonial halls in theShirahama area).Address: 1371 Shinjo Cho, Tanabe City, Wakayama 646-0011 JapanTEL: +81-739-25-4194http://www.t-miyabi.com/info/info.html Chief mourner: Kohta ASAMIDORI (Robin's husband)