Dear ITAIS Colleagues,

It is hard to believe that a year as come to an end. I have had such a fun time working with colleagues from the ITA group, the AL group, and with folks at TESOL on this newsletter. And to all of the authors I have had a chance to work with in the creation of the last 2 years’ issues, it truly has been a pleasure.

I would like to especially thank Rebecca Oreto, who patiently taught me the ropes in my year as editor-elect. She is very organized and helpful and, therefore, great to work with. And thanks to Ruth Roberts-Kohno, who jumped in blindly at the last minute to help out as editor-elect for this past year. In the coming year, a new team will come in: Sarah Emory will be our new newsletter editor, and Mary Jetter will be helping out as editor-elect. I look forward to future issues put together by this team.

Finally, I would like to thank Sarah Sahr from TESOL, who has been amazing and so easy to communicate with during the publishing of each issue. She made it a very smooth process. And to all other Interest Section leaders, especially our chair Kim Kenyon, thank you for contributing your letters and updates and for suggesting potential authors to approach.

For those of you who did not have a chance to submit an article yet, I highly recommend it. Our community grows with the sharing and exchanging of ideas, and submitting an article to our newsletter is a great way to get involved.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be your editor for the ITA IS. It’s been a blast. I hope you all enjoy yourselves at the convention. I will sadly not be participating this year.

All the best to everyone,
Pauline