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Editor's BitI must apologise (again!) for the extremely late delivery of this issue of your favourite Newsletter. The problem is entirely mine caused predominantly by the relocation of my office from the damp, cold, misty climate of Blackford Hill, Edinburgh to the equally damp and misty, but not cold climate of Hilo, Hawaii. All things said, I believe the move to the other side of the planet has proceeded quite smoothly!The JCMT Newsletter has changed page size, changed printer, changed distribution centre, and changed contents. Basically anything that can be, or has to be, updated at frequent intervals (such as instrumentation, scheduling, etc) will no longer go into the Newsletter but will be accessible as soon as possible on the JCMT homepage of the World-Wide Web. In addition, urgent messages and other information will also be distributed through the e-mail. The Canadians already have an 'exploder' system which redistributes single messages to interested parties at a great many sites. A similar system will be setup to keep UK, Netherlands & International users informed. In order to make the distribution list, your e-mail address will be required and a facility will shortly be available on the WWW homepage to allow you to insert the details. This issue of your Newsletter is a little lacking in the science section. I shall be chasing up observers yet again in an attempt to prise out some highlights of their observations for the next issue. The technical section continues to blossom but that is primarily because I can keep appearing in the doorways of JAC offices until the occupant finally gives in and sends some text. In these troubled days of financial cutbacks and insecurity in many scientific fields, support your telescope -- submit articles for the Newsletter!! Ed
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