All, Today I officially take the reins as OGF's next president. I am excited by the opportunities in front of us but we must also have a clear understanding of what these opportunities require. Our challenge for the future is to shape the grid concept to meet the evolving spectrum of application requirements that we see happening all around us. I see this as the beginning of a new phase for OGF and I hope you all agree. In the attached OGF GridConnections newsletter, I have outlined a vision for our community moving forward. I hope you take the time to read it and provide me your feedback. (The newsletter is also available at: http://www.ogf.org/News/newscal_newsletter.php.) We must all stay active and engaged in order to achieve our common goal of accelerating Grid adoption in science and industry. I also want to encourage all of you to come to OGF21 where I hope to further the dialog and encourage a lively debate on the future of our community. We have made great strides thus far in 2007. Let's continue that momentum so that we enter 2008 fully prepared to take on the immediate challenges ahead. Complete information is available at: http://www.ogf.org/OGF21/events_ogf21.php. On a personal note, it was tremendously gratifying to receive the many congratulatory emails after the announcement was made of my assuming the responsibility of President of OGF. Thank you all for your kind words. I look forward with great optimism and anticipation to the next three years in OGF. --Craig