Everyone, In many ways it looks like that the J-club is off to a good start. As of a few minutes ago, Michelle's issue had 1130 reads which is quite impressive since (far as a recall) the issue came out not too long ago---sometime before mid Jan. I am thus quite optimistic about the prospects of the J-club. On a personal level, I learned something quite interesting from Michelle's special issue with a possibility of a future research direction! I wish we had more comments but it seems that many of our members (while seem to be interested in reading the issue itself) are not ready to post any comments. The few comments that are there are quite interesting....see in fact the latest one by DiDonna (whom I invited to participate). On my part, I sent several emails to people who I know to be involved in this field (encouraging them to read the issue and post comments). Teng and John: I would request you to do the same as and when your own issues are ready. I am finding out that many of our colleauges, while deeply interested in the ongoing activities on iMechanica, need a gentle nudge to participate. Based on the time that the first issue appeared, I think it is logical to select the 15th of each month as the release date for the subsequent issues. John: are you comfortable with Feb 15th for your issue on computational mechanics?