<center>THANK YOU!!</center>
Well, another IAP Birthday Bash is done, and it's time for me to say thanks! Words can't express my sincere gratitude to every single one of you who participated in the party in one way or another. This is the biggest and best penturning party on the Internet and I'm proud to be a part of it.
To all of you supporting us with your hard-earned cash:
Some of you are new members and first time donators, so welcome to the IAP family and we look forward to your participation and continued support! Most of you, however, are loyal supporters who generously donate year after year, and it's your continued commitment to our site that is so important to our community.
I also want to also thank those of you who ran raffles and auctions during the bash, and those of you who bid, bought chances, and were great cheerleaders for those activities.
To all of you who donated the great prizes:
What a great bunch of prizes we had this year. (Too many as far as Andrew is concerned, I know!) From the smallest bunch of treasured blanks you parted with from your stash, to the big boxes of burls and the nice tools, we had a huge variety of goodies. You added tremendous excitement to the party!
To our great team of members who planned and ran the bash:
Please give a round of applause to the gang responsible for putting on the party. We had outstanding efforts by a lot of people including: melogic, Randy_, byounghusband, DocStram, fiferb, firefyter-emt, wudnhed, oldsmokey, grumps, Scott, and maxwell_smart007 (sorry if I missed someone!!)
The time required to coordinate some of the contests, especially trivia, is huge, and these folks took time out of their lives to make things run smoothly. Although every single one did a fantastic job, I need to point out the efforts of two people, without whom this would not have been possible.
Scott Greaves. THANK YOU SCOTT!! As usual, your enthusiasm and dedication carry us along. You start early whipping up support, and you are always there when we need encouragement. You recruited a great team to run the party!
Andrew Jordan. THANK YOU ANDREW! Your coordination of the massive number of prizes was just outstanding. This was your first year helping out and I hope you have NOT learned your lesson, as we need you back next year.
Well, another IAP Birthday Bash is done, and it's time for me to say thanks! Words can't express my sincere gratitude to every single one of you who participated in the party in one way or another. This is the biggest and best penturning party on the Internet and I'm proud to be a part of it.
To all of you supporting us with your hard-earned cash:
Some of you are new members and first time donators, so welcome to the IAP family and we look forward to your participation and continued support! Most of you, however, are loyal supporters who generously donate year after year, and it's your continued commitment to our site that is so important to our community.
I also want to also thank those of you who ran raffles and auctions during the bash, and those of you who bid, bought chances, and were great cheerleaders for those activities.
To all of you who donated the great prizes:
What a great bunch of prizes we had this year. (Too many as far as Andrew is concerned, I know!) From the smallest bunch of treasured blanks you parted with from your stash, to the big boxes of burls and the nice tools, we had a huge variety of goodies. You added tremendous excitement to the party!
To our great team of members who planned and ran the bash:
Please give a round of applause to the gang responsible for putting on the party. We had outstanding efforts by a lot of people including: melogic, Randy_, byounghusband, DocStram, fiferb, firefyter-emt, wudnhed, oldsmokey, grumps, Scott, and maxwell_smart007 (sorry if I missed someone!!)
The time required to coordinate some of the contests, especially trivia, is huge, and these folks took time out of their lives to make things run smoothly. Although every single one did a fantastic job, I need to point out the efforts of two people, without whom this would not have been possible.
Scott Greaves. THANK YOU SCOTT!! As usual, your enthusiasm and dedication carry us along. You start early whipping up support, and you are always there when we need encouragement. You recruited a great team to run the party!
Andrew Jordan. THANK YOU ANDREW! Your coordination of the massive number of prizes was just outstanding. This was your first year helping out and I hope you have NOT learned your lesson, as we need you back next year.