[Bill Little]

We here on the North American continent are feverishly working toward preparation for our Christmas holiday followed by the celebration of the New Year. I would like to extend the seasons greeting to the Paro Project members here in North America as well as wishing them a very Happy New Year. It is my hope that we can be more active in this project during the coming year. To this end, I will attempt to be in contact with those of you I have not communicated with previously to ask you to approach the local clubs you are associated with around the country and to ask who among your groups currently maintain any of the Licorice species and be willing to participate in a North American census whether or not they are willing to participate in the Parosphromenus Project itself. Those of you that are importers and are placing any of these species with clients who you know are not members of the Project or current members of the ALFA would greatly help if you were able to identify these individuals to be included in this census also. I wish you all a happy Holiday and a prosperous New Year.