Another banner year for SSCS chapters

I am glad to report that last year was a banner year for the SSCS chapters. I am confident that this year will be equally successful. The number of chapters has grown to 43 with 5 new chapters formed this past year. It is my great pleasure to welcome the newest members to the family of SSCS chapters: Bulgaria (joint with EDS; Professor J. Kolev, Chair), Hong Kong (joint with EDS; Professor H. Wong, Chair), Denver (R. Rannow, Chair), a student chapter in Turkey (Dr. Besikci, Chair) and Shanghai (Professor Tang, Chair). I would like to express my sincere thanks to the founding chairs for their efforts. I look forward to working with each of them in the coming year.