\title{Editorial}
%\author[\mbox{}]{Malcolm Clark}
\begin{article}
As you will have gathered from the last edition
of \BV, the editorship of this august organ
now rotates around the luckless committee. Whoever
fails to avoid our esteemed chair's eye (Robin Fairbairns
in Ancient Mariner mode) is deemed (or doomed) to serve. 
It is a demanding , but fascinating experience.
With the resource of the rest of the committee to call on,
nothing is insuperable. In the longer term it will build up
a pool of expertise which can only be to the good.
You begin to appreciate the Rahtz' triplets even more. 

Sourcing material has not been difficult
for this edition, since we are currently
in the throes of two series -- David Carlisle's
tour of \LaTeX, and Sebastian Rahtz' \textsf{PSTricks}
exposition.  In 
addition I had an abundance of riches
and ended up having to pass on material. This
does not imply that we do not continue to crave
articles. Looking back over recent issues,
the same faces\slash names pop up over and over
again, although one or two contributors have
sadly fallen by the wayside -- perhaps exhausted
by the strain of composition. 

I was pleased with David Carlisle's
other article, neatly solving
a problem  raised and discussed at last year's
Bridewell meeting on Portable Documents -- typesetting
from HTML documents. Robin Fairbairns' article on
\CTAN\ is a welcome review and state of the art, together
with some aspirations for the future. These two papers derive from the recent
\textsl{\TeX\ and the Internet} meeting. It is unlikely
that the group's meetings will generate enough
material to fill these pages, so let me paraphrase what I said
earlier: ``we need your contributions''.
The observant will also note that committee
members continue to generate many of the articles, but
by way of contradiction, I'm pleased to welcome
Mark Wooding to the pantheon of stars.
In my darker moods, I wonder whether \BV\ is merely
an ego trip for its writers (i.e.\ mainly the committee) and
is unread by its intended readership -- yourselves. 
Is it wise to ask such questions?

As a partial answer, let me note that
a pleasing feature of this edition (for me) is that
I  open it (with the editorial), and close it
(with the \textsl{Gleanings}, whose final year you may be 
relieved to know this is).

I am indebted, as ever, but in particular for assistance
with this edition to Robin Fairbairns (whose tele-presence
was invaluable), David Carlisle and
Sebastian Rahtz. Theirs is the glory, mine are the errors and 
misunderstandings.
\end{article}