Those of you who are currently members of the ZHS have recently received
a copy of the society's journal (or will soon do so). From this you will
have learned that the ZHS is terminating activities. This issue of the
journal, identified as the Autumn 2016 number, is the last of a run of
38 annual volumes, and the society cannot exist without the journal. I
retired as Editor a couple of years ago when I turned 80 and thought
that15 years in the job was enough; Larry Gubas nobly took over then but
now finds that his rapidly failing health makes it impossible for him to
continue. Repeated calls for volunteers to help run the society have
failed to produce results, so Larry and I decided to call an end to it.

As Treasurer my last job is to somehow eliminate the fairly substantial
bank account in a manner appropriate for a not-for-profit society, when
none of the reserves can accrue to me, to Larry, or anyone else involved
in its management. I have decided to revert these funds in equal shares
to the current members, i.e. those who received a copy of the August
2016 journal. Instructions about how to claim a share were included
therein, and I urge these members to follow instructions and contact me.
I am assuming that several weeks, or even months, will elapse before I
have heard from everybody and can therefore calculate the value of a
share and send out checks.

John

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John T. Scott
4507 Mountain Path Drive
Austin TX 78759 USA

(512) 241 0715
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