SECRETARY’S REPORT

In the July issue of the Newsletter, among the sidebar quips and quotes, there appeared a quote that caused distress to a few of our members, feeling that we were advertising and supporting an atheist web site. To any and all of you who felt this, I offer my heartfelt apologies. There was no such intention. Both the provider of the quip and I felt that there was amusement in the contradiction in the statement that noted “atheist beliefs.” We deeply regret that this was found offensive, and I will screen the quips and quotes more rigorously in future.
The AdCom meeting for July was held in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, following the 2006 NSREC conference. The Newsletter deadline precludes including a report of this meeting, but it will be included in brief summary in the March Newsletter.
Albe Larsen, the IEEE NPSS Secretary, can be reached at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, MS 66, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Phone: +1 650 926 2748; Fax: +1 650 926 5124; E-mail: amlarsen@slac.stanford.edu.