We are happy to announce that Manuel Hermenegildo has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Association of Logic Programming. He succeeds to David Scott Warren, who provided an admirable service in that role for many years. On behalf of the ALP Newsletter, we would like to express our heartfelt ‘THANK YOU’ to David for all he has done in the role of Secretary for the ALP, and a big ‘WELCOME’ to Manuel in this new role.