I've had fun browsing through the back issues of the Arbovirus Information Exchange while searching for reports to reprint, and especially liked reading the Introductory Notes from the Sub-Committee on Information Exchange from the early issues. These Introductory Notes provide a nice historical perspective on the ACAV and the Subcommittee itself, so I have selected these as the commemorative reports to place in the next two issues of the Arbovirus Information Exchange . The Introductory Notes from the first three issues are included here, and next June I will print the notes from issues 4 and 5. I think you will find them interesting to read. I'd like to remind everyone that they are encouraged to submit a report - at least once every two years.
Reports can consist of brief summaries or preliminary data.
I'd also like to thank people for submitting their reports electronically. In this issue, all but one of the reports were submitted either by e-mail or on a computer diskette. This has been working quite well, saves postage costs, and allows us to post the reports on our website. We want to keep this mechanism timely and viable. Therefore, submit only recent news and summaries of your work.