IY UMa started fading? Dear Colleagues, We have received two new data sets from Jochen Pietz, one new set from Tanabe-san (Okayama U. Sci., the data are being reduced). The Kyoto team also have taken long runs. A quick inspection of the data revealed that IY UMa may have entered a rapidly fading stage. Superhumps have become less prominent and more erratic, with relatively little indication of late superhumps. More analysis will be later presented by Uemura-san. Regards, Taichi Kato VSNET Collaboration team