The Newsletter of the I.A.F.P.

ISSN 1025-9740 Volume 1(1), January 1996, Editors: Mounted by C.Evans@sghms.ac.uk. 20.ii.96 tweaked 1.iii.96

Editorial

Page 1 in the paper version

Welcome to this bumper New Year edition of the revamped IAFP newsletter. Chris and I are delighted to be taking on the job of editing the newsletter and invite you to submit contributions, comments, correspondence etc. This edition is large by way of catching up on the news and changes that have been going on in IAFP over the last year or so, but we hope to keep up a lively involvement of IAFP members in the newsletter and have plans to develop some other regular features such as a correspondence column and a book review section (read on for more information). We also welcome contributions in languages other than English.

In this edition we have tried to provide an introduction to IAFP by way of autobiographical notes from members of the executive council and information about the running of IAFP. A number of positions on the council are up for reelection and some must change according to the constitution so as you read this you should be thinking about whether you should be standing or whether someone you know should be nominated. Precise details will be in the next Newsletter. The business meeting at the Conference in Ulm (26th-28th April, 1996, see below) will address these and other issues about the methods and directions of the IAFP but start thinking now. Also in this issue we give information about the best ways to contact us and to submit articles and letters. But first, a note from the President about the origins of IAFP and how to join.

Jo-anne Carlyle & Chris Evans