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forum reflecting technical ideas as well as society activities. We hope that the merged journal and newsletter you are now reading will provide more than just the sum of its ancestors. Merging two publications naturally requires some reorganization; some of the changes are obvious in this issue, others will be introduced over the next year. The editorial office will be located at the ASPE Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. A panel of volunteer Associate Editors, drawn from academia, national laboratories, and industry. will provide the back-bone of the new editorial organization. Some will focus on refereeing and acceptance of manuscripts; others are taking responsibility for individual sections of the journal. Our Consultant Editors drawn from all over the world will help us reflect the full spectrum of precision engineering activities and maintain the truly international flavour for the journal. The efforts of these volunteers, however, wilt be as nought without your support. Send your manuscripts, your news, your opinions, even your criticisms to 'PRECISION ENGINEERING: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING" at ASPE Headquarters*. I look forward to hearing from you.
Chris EvansEditor-if', Chief Gaithersburg Maryland, USA
American Society for Precision Engineering M e m o from the President: This new year brings some exciting changes to the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE), the most exciting of which is Precision Engineering being the Journal of the ASPE. Before getting to that, however, we should look back to recognize the very positive year we had under Carl Zanoni's presidency. Our membership is up and the Society is in good financial shape. We have heard nothing but compliments about the Rochester Annual Meeting and thanks go to the Organizing Committee and to the Headquarters staff for this success. Dick Rhorer and his committee are to be complimented for the large and very professional looking exhibits this year. The tutorial program was very well received and we hope you will support Don Lucca in the continued growth of this program. Turning n o w to this year, I have spent some time thinking of how I would like to see ASPE serve its members better. My conclusion is that the best thing we could do was to support fully Chris Evans in producing the most respected journal in precision engineering. Rather than spreading our efforts on new projects, we should concentrate on the great opportunity the journal represents. In the process of supporting the journal, I think we can also improve the Society in several ways. We can get more of our membership involved in
Society activities by soliciting your services as referees, authors of contributed technical papers and authors of short pieces such as meeting reports and new equipment reviews. By getting more of you involved, we will improve communications within the Society and make it more responsive to our members" needs. The journal should also be a great way Io increase membership in ASPE. Since the journal will come with every membership, the effective price of a subscription is about a fourth of the non-member price. Finally, the close association of the journal and ASPE can only increase general awareness of the whole field of precision engineering to the betterment of all of us working in the field. On the other hand, I am sure we have not thought of all the ways ASPE can benefit its members. If you have suggestions for improvement, technology areas we do not cover in our meetings and tutorials, or ways we can expand Precision Engineering, both Chris and I (or any member of the Board) would be glad to hear from you. Here's wishing you and Precision Engineering the best in the years to come.
Bob Parks
*ASPE, PO Box 7918, Raleigh, NC 27695-3964, USA 4
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Chris EvansEditor-if', Chief Gaithersburg Maryland, USA
American Society for Precision Engineering M e m o from the President: This new year brings some exciting changes to the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE), the most exciting of which is Precision Engineering being the Journal of the ASPE. Before getting to that, however, we should look back to recognize the very positive year we had under Carl Zanoni's presidency. Our membership is up and the Society is in good financial shape. We have heard nothing but compliments about the Rochester Annual Meeting and thanks go to the Organizing Committee and to the Headquarters staff for this success. Dick Rhorer and his committee are to be complimented for the large and very professional looking exhibits this year. The tutorial program was very well received and we hope you will support Don Lucca in the continued growth of this program. Turning n o w to this year, I have spent some time thinking of how I would like to see ASPE serve its members better. My conclusion is that the best thing we could do was to support fully Chris Evans in producing the most respected journal in precision engineering. Rather than spreading our efforts on new projects, we should concentrate on the great opportunity the journal represents. In the process of supporting the journal, I think we can also improve the Society in several ways. We can get more of our membership involved in
Society activities by soliciting your services as referees, authors of contributed technical papers and authors of short pieces such as meeting reports and new equipment reviews. By getting more of you involved, we will improve communications within the Society and make it more responsive to our members" needs. The journal should also be a great way Io increase membership in ASPE. Since the journal will come with every membership, the effective price of a subscription is about a fourth of the non-member price. Finally, the close association of the journal and ASPE can only increase general awareness of the whole field of precision engineering to the betterment of all of us working in the field. On the other hand, I am sure we have not thought of all the ways ASPE can benefit its members. If you have suggestions for improvement, technology areas we do not cover in our meetings and tutorials, or ways we can expand Precision Engineering, both Chris and I (or any member of the Board) would be glad to hear from you. Here's wishing you and Precision Engineering the best in the years to come.
Bob Parks
*ASPE, PO Box 7918, Raleigh, NC 27695-3964, USA 4
J A N U A R Y 1991 VQL 13 NO t