John Mutch writes:

I have been put in theposition of resigning from my post of Editor. While I wouldhave loved to continue the job, an uncertain future health-wise(stage 4 melanoma) dictates that I step aside now rather thandown the road.

It has already affected the timing of this issue, being about amonth late, as I struggle to get through the chemo treatments(I will have had the last one by the time you read this) whiletrying to still fulfill my job responsibilities at school.I have told President Gossett I will somehow continue to editthe Bulletin if a replacement cannot be found. However, if areplacement is not found there will come a time when issueswill not be arriving in mailboxes.

If you have a commitment to seeing this arm of ourorganization continue, please consider contacting Dave formore details. When I volunteered back in 2005, my onlyqualifications were the desire to do my part for the hobby andthe word processing skills to put together a newsletter of thistype. I had never done anything like this before and wouldhave never imagined myself in this position (my training isdecidedly not in the arena of desktop publishing). I wasactually expecting then President Jack Siles to turn down myoffer due to lack of experience on my part.

Once taking the job, I found it was easier than I first imagined.For me, the hard part is not in the technical details, but inwaiting for articles to show up in my email inbox or myphysical mailbox. Due to the generosity of the members, Ihave yet to publish a Bulletin without at least one article ofinterest to the membership, and the cupboard is not bare. Ihave two members promising articles, one that I have done theresearch for, a lead on a multipart story, and two or three inhand and ready to go.

I am also now out of the collecting business. While I want tocontinue doing the research, I do not want to burden my wifewith the dispersement of my collection. Look for my tables atthe next IKO Show, October 10-11, 2014. You don't knowhow much I missed being at the Show this year. Thank youfor all of your thoughts and prayers on my behalf.

To read the complete article, see:ikotams.tokencatalog.com/pdfs/vol%2036%20issue%204%20--%202013.pdf

To visit the IKO-TAMS web site, see:ikotams.tokencatalog.com/

To read Kevin's obituary, see:Kevin Grant, 60(www.thepostandmail.com/content/kevin-grant-60)