After a few attacks on the old site we took the decision to migrate and upgrade the software (without going into too much 'nerdy' detail) which should hopefully offer more security. Just reassure everyone, there were/are no personal details stored on the site, other than those that are already in your published profiles so there shouldn't be any privacy problems.

To make sure none of the bad code got copied in the process this meant manually copying everything, which has been time consuming to say the least. We're not back to 100% yet but I'll continue to go through and catch up asap. Priority was to get everyone's pages back.

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Ian

There will be an informal get-together at the Köln Intermot after press day on Tuesday, 5 October. MDA Treasurer Thomas Katzmarek has kindly booked us a private room at the same venue as previous years - the Brauhaus Sion, Unter Taschenmacher 5-7, near the Cathedral in the city centre.

Congratulations to Pierre Terblanche and the Aprilia design staff working under Miguel Galluzzi for the stunning trio of Moto Guzzi concept bikes which deservedly won the 2009 Motorcycle Design Trophy.

The 2009 event will take place over two days… The Designers Night will be held on November 10th at the “MAD” (Moto Arte Design) located in Milanofiori.

For program details please go to http://www.given.it/mda/ or contact organiser Donato Cannatello

The 2009 Edition of the Motorcycle Design Trophy will take place - according to consolidated tradition - in conjunction with the International Motor Show (EICMA), Milan, November 10th-15th 2009. On such occasion, as usual, the winner of the Trophy will be elected as well as the winners of the following categories:

A design guide for motorcycles was recently finalised and launched by the international insurance industry. The main objective is to reduce overall crash repair costs without compromising safety and other statutory design requirements.

This is the culmination of work by motorcycle insurers in Australia, England, Spain, Germany and USA over the past 18 months.

The Paris Motorcycle and Scooter Show, initially pencilled in for 1 to 8 October 2009, has been rescheduled for autumn 2010 at Porte de Versailles, Paris, France.

Unfortunately, the MDA lost one of ours members recently with the passing of Syd Wellings.