As previously announced on this mailing list, there will be a special issue of the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra to mark Peter Freyd's 60th birthday. Formally, this issue is the proceedings of the Peripatetic Seminar meeting held in Edinburgh last October, which was also a celebration of Peter's birthday; but contributions are invited from any of Peter's friends who were unable to get to the Edinburgh meeting, as well. The closing date for submissions is 5 February 1996 (Peter's birthday). Originally, John Power was to have been Guest Editor for this special issue. Sadly, John has been unwell recently and has been advised to rest, so he will not be able to undertake this work, and I have agreed to take it over. The purpose of this message is therefore to ask people who are planning to submit papers for the special issue to send them not to John but to me at DPMMS, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, U.K. If you have already sent off a paper to John, it will probably get forwarded to me; but it's advisable to send another copy direct to me, to be on the safe side. The deadline remains 5 February; it is particularly important that this date should be adhered to, since I am due to leave for a 6-week visit to Australia shortly afterwards, and any paper that fails to reach me in time to be sent off to a referee before I go will not be considered. Peter Johnstone