Hello Everyone, I sent an email, about a week ago, asking if the L3 Team would be interested in my observations during the development of a class using L3 techniques and tools. I soon received a reply from Frank Mittelbach, who kindly invited my feedback. I'd like to say thank-you to the Team for this opportunity to contribute to the L3 Project. Work is still in the very early stages, but I thought it would be a good idea to let the Team know my plans for the near future. I expect that several important packages will be incompatible with the class because many core components will be rewritten. The class is separated into ``modules'' to help with organization. Here is a list of the modules I plan to have completed in the near future: bootstrap (in progress) Define wrappers around some necessary primitives (e.g. \tex_pagewidth:D) and 2e layout parameters (e.g. \textwidth). fontsize (complete) Define template for user font size commands and define standard size commands (e.g. \normalsize). pagelayout (in progress) Define template for page layout and define some commands to allow convenient changes. title (not started) Define template for title (page) and commands for setting information such as date, author(s), &c. I'll provide an update when I've made some noticeable progress. In the meantime, please feel free to let me know of any questions or concerns. Warmly, Kelly Smith