Staff member, Alice Everett to remark The first thing to report is that Alan Ford , my Assistant Manager, has performed very well. As you know , he joined us exactly a year ago, and he’s been a great asset to the department. He works very well with other members of the department and his enthusiasm in his work is commendable. I feel sure that our general increase in market share is partly due to his efforts. Going on to specifics, as you know I spent two weeks in Germany in May this year, and in general we,ve made good progress there between 1985 and now.