President’s Remarks
At the next annual meeting of the AMS, during the SCRC gathering in New Orleans, 8-10 March, 2012, I shall step down from my two years as President of AMS. Where has AMS come in that time? The society has managed to establish itself quite steadily and determinedly with increasing solidity. Slightly more members have come to the gathering at SCRC: we are no longer quite in the position where nearly every member is also a society officer – not quite there anyway. And we have begun a presence at the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America.