On left is Jim Guest, President, addressing today's annual meeting of Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. I've just been privileged to be elected to the board and I look forward to working with the nation's leading independent consumer testing organization. Their work helps their member-subscribers get better priced deals and safer products. Also, by holding manufacturers and service providers more accountable to consumer-buyers, their work helps all consumers get better priced deals and safer products, too. I've worked for years with the Consumers Union advocacy staff in the states and on Capitol Hill; I look forward to learning more about the magazine (both print and online) and testing divisions. In addition to the tour of the test labs, another highlight has been meeting the staff of Consumers Union's newest division, my fellow bloggers at the Consumerist.com. The state PIRGs have also been longtime partners for health and prescription drug reform with Consumers Union-- see consumerreportshealth.org.