Dear Everybody,

This is the big moment! The very big moment when the results of our cartoon competition are announced! I was overwhelmed by the response of all.....four of you! However, ancient Greeks used to say: "OUK EN TO POLLO TO EF" which roughly means "Quality is not found in quantity". I have had enough good entries, to be able to include one cartoon per issue for the next 3-4 years if necessary! So, here we are. The winner, (by unanimous decision of the panel of judges), is:

Jonas Amqvist from FUJITSU, Japan, who will receive US$50! His entry is printed on page 2.

Now, some serious business. Many of you, and this time I do not mean only four(!), contact me about changes of address or complaints about delivery of the newsletter. Please note that the responsibility of the distribution of the newsletter resides with the national member organizations which do it in two different ways: some societies send labels or an address disk to the Secretariat which we print and pass to the mailing company. It is the responsibility of these Societies to provide us with regularly updated lists. Countries belonging to this category are Canada, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden. All other countries receive a certain number of newsletters in bulk mail and distribute them themselves to their members. So, please, if you have some complaint about delays etc in the distribution, address it to your local Society. (If recipients of bulk consignments have any problems, they should get in touch with the Secretariat).

In the meantime, those of you with the issue in your hands, and no complaints, enjoy it!

Maria Petrou