From TopCom, Volume 8, #1With the completion of volume 7 of Topological Commentary at the end of 2002, I am resigning, with regret, as editor of this section of Topology Atlas. While I am grateful for the many contributors to TopCom since its inception in late 1995 and for the help in its production that I received over these years from editor in chief Stephen Watson, (former) associate editor Thomas Zachariah, and Elliott Pearl, demands on their time coupled with my lack of technical skills make it unlikely that the quality of the articles posted in its early years can be maintained. Moreover, there is no longer enough communication between me and production editors to make me confident that what I want to be posted will appear. In addition, fewer readers bother to look at TopCom because these editors refuse to notify readers via E-mail that new items have been posted. Hence I feel that, I have become editor of TopCom in name only.
I will continue to answer questions about the contents of volumes 0 through 7. They may be sent to me at Henriksen@hmc.edu. I will cooperate with my successor in any way possible, and will relay appropriate material to elliott@mail.mathatlas.yorku.ca.
Date: January 21, 2003.