A message from the president

The Society continues toperate in 1989 with its usual dedication to the proposition that providing service to the membership 1s its highest priority charge. Our popular Newsletter will become a magazine in 1990, having passed all the necessary hurdles internal to the IEEE. The Transactions are so much in demand that we have had to address the problem of a considerable backlog in papers waiting to be published, and an inordinately long time interval between submission and actual appearance in print. The 1990 Society budget contains a once-only request for publication of 2000 Transaction pages, instead of the former 1750. There will also be a change in the breakpoint between volunteer and mandatory over-length charges from 7 pages to 6, and this is believed to be another step toward resolution of problems associated with the size and cost of Society publications. The Newsletter/Magazine is expandimg its advertising activities, thus making its own contribution to the Society's financial position.