One of the signs to prove this would be the links we can boast of. Our website is now linked to those of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and German Shakespeare Society, to name just a few. It is heartening to think that we share the same devotion to Shakespearean scholarship with people from every part of the world, most of whom we have never met and perhaps never will meet. Still we know they are there. Let us hope this spirit of camaraderie will prevail throughout the year.
Life is full of surprises.
I now realize I was too optimistic. I am supposed to serve as the president only for one term, because I will reach the mandatory retirement age within two years. This does not mean, however, that I can just sit back and relax. So far my work has been phenomenally successful, as I have been able to secure the service of Yukio Kato, the computer genius of the Society, who will not only establish the editorial policy of the newsletter with me but prepare a camera-ready copy, thus saving a considerable amount of money for the Society. In other words he is the kind of co-editor any editor would dream of.