I was informed it was Edgar that ran that contest and not sure I have seen him here lately. Hope all is well. Amazing how someone who has been a big contributor for many years disappears and they get noticed for some little thing that was so common place. We fall into that complacency syndrome. Are you there Edgar?? Please check in.
Yep, those contests are my responsibility, and I'm still around. It's been a crazy year, and I haven't been able to keep up with my IAP duties as I would like - I'm also way behind on updating the Bushings & Tubes database for our apps.
All is well, but the small company (abt 20 people) that I work for is struggling just like most small businesses this year. We've been open all year, but the oil & gas slowdown has really hurt us, as well as everyone else in our industry. We had to lay off a few people & the rest of us have taken about a 20% cut in salary & benefits to help keep the company going.
Officially I am semi-retired and on a 3-day work week. In reality I have been working 5-6 days most weeks for the last 2-3 months trying to crank out 3 new products at "warp speed" to help bolster our marketing posture.
I could afford to retire, but our little company is like a family and I am the product development engineer for the company, so my services are critical right now while we try to battle through this period of time. Hopefully things will stabilize soon.
My apologies to all & especially to our new members for my scarcity. If someone would like to help with the new member contests for a few months, please let me know.
May you all have a happy, safe, & prosperous New Year
Edgar