As you know, I have been requesting you to write to me (to the editor) as you are the best person to give us your feedback. Sometimes I have got lot of comments from seniors, but they are mostly the people I know. But how about others who have come to know me only through the SLEN? Are they accepting in total the contents in the SLEN?

Whenever, we do not get any feedback, we tend to assume that the content in the SLEN is accepted. Last year we did a small search on the number of readers of SLEN and found it to be around one thousand. We know at least that they had browsed the site, but no information whether they actually went through the content. Anyway this is very discouraging when our membership is beyond 12000 and less than 10% are browsing the SLEN. We need your feedback, and then only we know we are in the right track.

Further, in addition to your feedback, we need your write-up to be included in the SLEN. We all are authors; write to us, your article will be published. Don’t forget this "READING MAKETH A FULL MAN; CONFERENCE A READY MAN; AND WRITING AN EXACT MAN-SIR FRANCIS BACON”. Reading makes you full (of knowledge). Conference (or talking to others) makes you ready to deal with situations because you learn from others. Writing makes you exact because when your write incorrectly you hear about it from critics and that forces you to know your facts to correct the mistakes.

I am compiling this while we are about to start another National Engineering Conference. What do you think about that? Please send us your comments and constructive criticism; we are ready to change, but to improve the quality.

I wish all our readers Happy and Prosperous Sinhala and Hindu New Year!

Udeni P. Nawagamuwa
nawagamuwa@gmail.com