Hello everyone I second all of Ian Tyrrell's proposals for the future of ATHG. Internationalizing the membership and organization, disseminating members' work more widely, and broadening the focus of the group to include drugs, would, I think, be salutary developments. While the inclusion of drugs is not without problems, I would argue that the possibilities and opportunities outweigh any potential difficulties. The doctoral program at my university focuses on policy history, for example, and in this context the pairing of drugs and alcohol makes a great deal of sense. Of course, one could easily teach a course on either drug or alcohol policy, but it seems to me that the comparison between governmental and private attempts to control, regulate, or prohibit the two is useful and enlightening. I won't be at the conference either, due to a prior commitment. I look forward to hearing all about it though. Are there any plans to publish proceedings or a volume containing some or all of the papers presented? Scott