All of our publications optimally serve the optics community. The bad news is twofold. It is also sad that the two societies could not enhance their levels of cooperation significantly prior to a Joint Task Force to show us what it is all about, and to show that they could indeed cooperate to everyone's advantage. I hope that our volunteer and staff management at SPIE as well as those at the OSA will stand up tall and use this result as an incentive to enhance the cooperation between our two societies. Letters should be limited to approximately 200 words.
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