Fran and I do this work on a volunteer - time available basis so there are unavoidable delays. Lately we have been getting a lot of new applications to process so FPE is growing nicely, but it takes time.

III. SPECIAL OFFER EXTENSION: At the time the special offer of TVias No. 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21 was made I presumed that the magazine would be out much earlier than it was and made the offer good till January 1. But with its being so long delayed I am extending the offer thru the month of January. So check out your back issues and take advantage of the savings.

IV. CLIPSHEETS AND TV TALES: My travels and the efforts necessary to get TVia itself in the mails have inhibited my getting either of these items to the printer. Clip No. 27 and Tales No. 5 are still the last ones printed as of now. I'm going to get going on both as soon as I get this issue put to bed. Many of you have paid in advance for one or the other and I've held you up long enough, so I'll now get with it. One thing holding up the Tales and also another long story has been the lack of an illustrator handy here in L.A. So now I think I'll just go ahead and print them without. After all, you're all too old to be too concerned with the pretty pictures anyway aren't you (or are you?)

V. ANOTHER WARNING: For as long as TVia has been in publication I have tried to make it possible for one of you to meet another but with some measure of security in the process. Unfortunately, I appear to be more concerned with your security than many of you are about your own. As you know I refuse to give the name of one of you to another because of the chance of becoming involved with any complications that might result. However, thru Contact I have made it possible for you yourself to give your name, address, telephone number and any other information you wish to someone else providing both of you are either FPE members or have filed the necessary form with CONTACT. However, I find that my security precautions are in many respects a waste of time because many of you give the names of other people to 3rd parties. Oftentimes you do not know either of the other except thru correspondence. This is hardly a sure way of controlling security. There are many "cross dressers" of various other persuasions some of whom are

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