Editor's Note The In-plant Family

This perspective has certainly made my job more enjoyable. It has turned industry conferences into class reunions.

At the recent IPMA 2002 conference, I stopped to chat with folks from all over the country—people like James Mason, of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, who seems to spread laughter wherever he goes. I hung out with Tim Criswell, of Sunkist Growers, who let me know what was happening at his shop in California. Mike Loyd and I rehashed memories from the ACUP conference he hosted in Baton Rouge a few months ago.