EDITORIAL NOTE. ASBO is now, very flatteringly, it must be said, the subject of a gagging order. He has been warned off writing about the content of meetings for fear of upsetting un-named parties who, it would appear, wield considerable influence and could potentially damage the interests of the SCIC in particular and the Commission in general. ASBO, while maintaining that his postings were never in any way deliberately inflammatory, has accepted these arguments with good grace.

The new editorial policy will mean that:
- accounts of meetings will be restricted exclusively to information in the public domain.
- there will be no "ad personam " references in any meeting sketches.
- back-postings have been edited according to the new guidelines.


Readers still desirous of "saucier" content, however, may wish to visit the new, subscription-only ASBO II, the address of which will be made known to the "cognoscenti".