It was a great pleasure to visit with many of you in Vancouver during the ARLIS/NA conference. Not only was the conference a wealth of information on library technology, but the conference also offered us the opportunity to view interesting post-war buildings and to take many not-to-be-missed tours.

After recuperation, it is now time to plan for our ARLIS/Texas annual meeting to be held on October 7-9, 1999. The Planning Committee for the Fort Worth annual meeting has been formed. I wish to give thanks to Milan Hughston and Sam Duncan of the Amon Carter Museum, and Steve Gassett and Pat Oestricher of the Kimbell Art Museum for their contributions and participation in the upcoming activities.

The committee has confirmed that our hotel site will be the newly opened Courtyard by Marriott-Fort Worth Downtown-Blackstone, a 1929 art deco jewel known to many generations in Fort Worth as the Blackstone Hotel. A Fort Worth Downtown tour will include visits to the Bass Performance Hall, The Modern at Sundance Square and many other points of interest. In addition to our annual business meeting, our feature panel discussions will include Imaging Projects and On-line Local Systems. A tour of the Kimbell Art Museum Conservation Lab is also planned.

A special treat will be the opening remarks given by Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, holder of the Kay and Velma Kimbell Chair of Art History, Texas Christian University. As an added dividend, Milan Hughston has generously offered to host the reception and a "Hot Tamales" dinner at his home on Thursday, October 7th.

As president, I promise to all members that I will make this year as informative and interesting as possible. We would like to invite all library staff and students in the art field to attend our annual meeting. It is my hope that we will all help each other to spread the word.

I am looking forward to another good year.