Bruce W. Christenson (Senior Researcher at GNS, Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is named CVL Secretary since December 2016, after New Zealand was elected as the exciting site of the next CVL10 Workshop, March 2019. Bruce is the most active among “lake pioneers” and his work and open view on Ruapehu, Tongariro, White Island, Raoul, and other lakes on Earth, is a strong fundament for many of us. Thank you, Bruce, for taking on this important task for CVL.