Dear users of SasView, It has been over a year since our last SasView release, and we are now pre paring for a 4.2 release. As part of that process, we have now released a 4. 2.0-Beta version, available as a “Pre-release” on the releases page at: https://github.com/SasView/sasview/releases. With 4.2 the transition to a p lugin architecture for models should be complete as should the refactor of t he orientational representation/calculation for 2D oriented particles. By n ow many of you on this list may already have been using a 4.2 development ve rsion. As we move towards a new release, we would greatly appreciate any te sting you or your friends and colleagues can do on this beta version and any feedback you can give as we prepare for the full final release of 4.2.0. For those willing and interested in contributing, note that the next code camp is being held starting September 3 this year in Lund. If interested in joining us feel free to visit the wiki at http://trac.sasview.org/wiki/Code CampVIII and drop us a line. All skills sets are welcome. Besides various le vels of coding and sysadmin skills, we also need people who can help review, edit, and create user documentation as well as work on the tutorials proje cts, verify the math etc etc. Thanks for your help Paul (on behalf of the development team)