Al Wooley had been Secretary of CANE for so long that we all assumed he would continue. Vince Rosivach had moved the journal up to the next step in elegance. Since they both stepped down at the same time, we obviously had to make a splash. But what would suit them both? Books were so prosaic, and Al had already been given the honorary pen (a ceramic pen with Egyptian figures I had found at Job Lot in Providence!). We decided on rakish bags: for Al, a new computer bag, so that he would always be organized and able to take notes wherever he might be. For Vince, we felt an Indiana Jones leather bag would allow him to continue his adventurous work that began with his redo of NECJ.
-- Ruth Breindel