[Tim Murphy]

I have a pretty lengthy list of thank yous:
To Rose Kelleher and Richard Wilbur for the Sonnet Bake-off;
To Tom Kerrigan for his appearance; To Marion Shore and Charles Martin for the Translation Bake-off; To Joe Kennedy and John Whitworth for the Light Verse Bake-off; To Richard Wakefield and many others for their help in the summer's Frost Fest; to Lee Gurga and Steven Collington for the Haiku Fest; to Leslie Mansour and all the prodigiously good woman poets who discussed women's poetry in November; and to Tim Love and Vanessa Gebbie for the flash fiction event over on the fiction board; and to Maryann, Rhina and Sharon for Deck the Halls. This is a staggeringly higher level of activity than the old lariat board ever managed, and it couldn't have happened without a great deal of help.

Don't forget that this an open board, and the staff will review proposals for any distinguished guest you think you can recruit.

[Jim Hayes]

Impressive Timmo, very impressive indeed.

You have my appreciation as do all the notables you have listed.

[Maryann Corbett]

Thanks for the energetic jump-start you've given this board, Tim.

All, remember that the mods await your ideas for future events! We've really only got one tentative proposal ahead now, so let's start planning. Toss those ideas at us, and let's see what we can facilitate.

[David Rosenthal]

It really is an impressive list of events. Top notch all around. Nice going Tim and all the hosts and participants. I'm telling you, archive or no archive, there are book possibilities in all of this.

David R.

[Robert J. Clawson]

Ideas are a dime a dozen, Tim, but management is worth its weight in gold, as you undoubtedly learned from business.
This is beautiful management. My congrats!

Bob