<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Dear Friends and Colleagues:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As you know, I am on the Economics Affairs Committee, and have written = few articles for the Journal as a member of that committee. I have been asked by= the chair of the committee, Bob Russell, to write an article specifically f= or CAUT's. I am willing to do that, but, believe it or not, I don't know what t= o write about. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So, could you give me some ideas on topics you want to see explored, written about, discussed, etc.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>