Starting with this issue, we'd like to welcome a new regular editor: Troy Skeels. Troy has written articles for us in the past on Mexican politics, Latin American issues, legal issues, the Microsoft anti-trust case, and other topics. We're happy to have him on board.

November 30 is the one-year anniversary of the Seattle protests against the World Trade Organization. ETS! will be producing a special 16-page issue compiled of articles we've printed over the past year on the WTO and the protest movement, combined with new articles examining the impact of N30 on the WTO, the development of the anti-globalization movement since N30, and other delicious bits and pieces. We'll be offering it for sale at $5 per copy (subscribers will need to order their copies separately from their regular subscriptions). It will be available the second week of November, and we'll be selling it at various N30 anniversary events around town. But if you want to get your copy as soon as possible, order now and we'll send it to you as soon as it's printed.

Speaking of November 30th, that's the deadline for our special, ETS! reader-participation contest. We even have a prize for the winner: a copy of the newest Tom Tomorrow book of cartoons. It will be awarded to the author of the best letter we receive between now and then. By best letter, we mean one that addresses something that's appeared in ETS! or addresses a topic of concern for our readers. Be cranky, be critical, be original, be funny, be creative ... but be brief. We want to be able to print it, of course, and our space for letters is limited--please keep it around 200-400 words. Send your contribution to our address (listed in the tiny print) or to our e-mail account (ets@scn.org). Just make sure your name (or pseudonym) and address are indicated in a prominent place on your letter.

Our volunteer staff here at ETS! is always changing, as folks move in and out of town, as people change jobs, as babies are born, as people graduate from college, etc. A couple of very important positions are unfilled right now. One is the distribution coordinator. It requires a person willing to keep in touch with all of our distributors, keep track of where the papers are being placed, and answer calls from folks who want to volunteer to distribute papers. It's not difficult to do, but it's a very important position, for obvious reasons. We also need distributors who are willing to take papers around to established routes in the Greenlake/Phinney Ridge area and Capitol Hill. Also, if you're a person who has always wondered why ETS! isn't at your favorite book store, cafe, bar, or coffee house, maybe you should call us up and offer to take a few papers around your neighborhood. Distribution is one of the most enjoyable jobs with ETS!: many businesses love to have free papers around to draw in customers and keep them lingering.

Also, in this issue of ETS! we've added our near future publishing schedule. This will make it easier for our readers, writers, volunteer distributors, and folks who want to get inserts into the paper to know when the next few issues will be printed. We meet at the Independent Media Center at 1415 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle to count and assemble bundles of papers, stuff flyers, and shoot the breeze. Drop by every other Tuesday, as noted, to volunteer or just meet the crew!