On correspondence

The following questions about future selection of correspondence items are being considered. Should those containing new technical developments be placed in the short paper category and thus be subjected to the complete review and selection procedures? Should all or only some be subjected to one or more reviews? Should they be published in the Neuisletter instead of the Transactions to save publication costs? Should the length of each, if discussing new technical developments, be so limited, or should it be labeled a "technical note" instead? Answers to these questions should be of interest to all Transactions readers and will influence the content, publication speed, and subsequent usefulness of correspondence. Your reactions to the status of past, present, and future correspondence items will be greatly appreciated and may create new publication policies to be described in a future editorial.