Dear Friends and Colleagues, I have the distinction of being the longest serving Chairman of the Quorum to date. When my time expires, I will have served in this capacity for one-hundred and twenty days - twice the time of either of my predecessors. I have written the Constitution of this institution, conducted institutional reforms, mediated countless disputes, contributed to it financially, assisted in the development of the website that will be launching very soon, provided it with venue after venue for debate and discussion, helped draft and implement more conventions than I care to remember, established the founding conventions of the Justice Commission, developed two separate Advancement Indexes - one of which will soon also be ready for use - and am in the process of drafting the co