I feel very honored to have been voted in as Second Vice President of the
Academy in my first year of membership. I would like to thank the Academy members
for their support and the confidence that they have placed in me. My primary
responsibility is to organize the new membership process. I shall give you
details of my thinking on this in the next newsletter. There is a real energy
in the new executive and I am looking forward to playing my role to further
the Academy aims.