I’ve been away from the blog for a while, and obviously a lot has happened since then. I have two pieces of info about Hurricane Katrina to pass on.

First, Brian Leiter has (as so frequently) set up “a useful message board”:http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/philosophy_facu.html#comments for information to be distributed. Many of the Tulane faculty and students have reported their new email addresses there. (The Tulane servers are out of action right now.) There is also info about most of (but sadly not yet all of) the safety of the philosophers who were based in the areas affected.

Second, Dominic McIver Lopes passes on the following message from the APA concerning its attempts to make some things easier for hurricane victims.

bq.. The Pacific Division paper submission deadline has been extended for APA members living in areas severely affected by the hurricane. Any members who contacted the APA National Office because storm damage prevented them from submitting by the September 1 deadline received new deadlines responsive to their individual situations.

Members in Gulf areas of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi who have been unable to contact the National Office are invited to do so when communication mechanisms become available to them. Please contact Lindsay Palkovitz at lindspal@udel.edu, or (302) 831-1112, or by writing to her at: The American Philosophical Association, 31 Amstel Avenue, University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716-4797, if hurricane damage prevented you from submitting by the September 1 deadline.

The APA Pacific Division also will waive convention registration fees for individuals from Gulf area universities that are not able to return to normal operation this fall. Please contact Pacific Division Secretary-Treasurer Anita Silvers at asilvers@sfsu.edu for a registration fee waiver (or for other help you may require).