Editor's Notes

We received several more e-mails from readers who turn their thumbs down on our proposal to adopt an electronic system of distributing The Actuarial Review. As a result, we hereby drop the proposal and table the discussion. We will continue to mail you The Actuarial Review as soon as the printing press completes its run every quarter. We will continue to post each new issue on the CAS Web Site for those of you who simply cannot, in this age of gigabyte upon terabyte moving at the speed of light, wait that long.

As we know all too well, computer systems occasionally crash. Sometimes printing presses go down, too. Our printer's press went down in January. It is an older set of machinery, manufactured in Europe, and it required careful attention from trained technicians who could locate and install the hard-to-find parts. It took a few weeks, but the repairs were successful. And if you received this current issue in early May-of 2005-then we'll know that the press is still going strong.

Because the February issue was mailed so late, some of your articles and letters to the editor may have arrived too late for publication in this issue. We ask for your patience-you will see them in the next issue of The Actuarial Review.

We would like to make one last pitch for the "Actuarial Revue" parody of this publication. Only two articles have been submitted, so we may have to table this proposal until some time in the future. However, we might be able to proceed if a select group of readers were to volunteer and form an ad hoc task force to write enough material to constitute at least one issue. This would probably require 2-4 weeks of concerted effort from each task force member, probably during July and August. A project of this scope and intensity requires an unusual sense of commitment and creativity. If you have those, please let us know that you would like to participate. Send a short e-mail to ar@casact.org regarding "Actuarial Revue."