Thank you Albani and thanks to all the Board. When Mauro approached me and colleagues regarding his concept (and already initiated!) I was delighted to be involved as I could envisage what he was trying to achieve. Nevertheless, that realisation has required hard work and perseverance on his part. All I have been doing is to try and bring to all the members any interesting material on PFM that I have picked up from listening to the radio or have read about in newspapers: I may be helped in that regard by sufficient and diverse debate on PFM issues where I live. The Board can be useful to us all - the Fireside Chats in particular are stimulating and it is time that there is another one on the Board - so if there is anyone that you could nominate and get involved make the suggestion! I also need to dispel the rumour that the recipients of the PFM Boarder of the Year receive a Nobel Prize equivalent in hard cash in a lavish ceremony in Rome!
