I agree with Tom that a topic in a JD is becoming obsolete

People make a few polite comments and then just shine it on and talk about whatever they want anyway. In the interest of typing 75 words,maybe no topic is a good thing,it might encourage people to be more creative.Just imagine if every one had a topic? Consider this last sentence to be just meaningless drivle with no subject or merit what so ever to fill the word quota.