Sarah Johnson (Anobi) and Kaden Patrick (silverwolf42) for handling the Library Crawl raffle tickets with Sarah K. at the TGIO.
Lisa West and the Naperville Public Library; many thanks for their continued sponsorship of National Novel Writing month through their write-ins and rooms for our prep workshops.
Patti Naisbitt (Woodridge Public Library) and Amy Franco (Glen Ellyn Public Library) for their new sponsorship of the Journey, our year-round writing group, beginning in 2016.
Frank Dahlman (fdahlman) for his years as co-Municipal Liaison for our region, the press release and for his terrific ice-breaker for the TGIO. Frank has let us know he will be stepping down as an ML due to his work responsibilities; we wish him well and hopes he stays involved with our region and with the Journey.
Sam Brown (Basil Cliffside), Sarah Johnson (Anobi), Catherine Brennan (Cee-Bee), and Sarah Kovac (SarahK06) for helping us create this year's hipster PDA.
Katherine Lato (KatherineWriting) for hosting the All Day Write-In.She start this event (and the Progressive Write-in before it) and this is her final hosting (for now).
Everyone who donated money for our Naperville Municipal Center rooms in 2016 and 2017. Specialthanks to Naperville City Councilwomen Judy Brodhead and Becky Anderson for picking up the tab for our 2016 kick-off and TGIO.
Everyone who helped keep our regional forums active, welcoming and helpful, especially Goddess_Astra and Kiela Starcatcher.
Those who brought treats to the write-ins, including Glen Ellyn Public Library (for their bagels and coffee) and Ed (FredDuck), who brought a variety of treats, including gelato (!), pies (!), cakes, donuts, pastries, etc. Thanks again to Ed for providing a celebratory cake to the kick-off.
Everyone for their delicious foods and supporting drinks and such to the kick-off and TGIO.
Congratulations to everyone for what you've achieved this year with your novels, whether you finished them or not, whether you made it to the end of your story or not. For the next steps, look to the Journey, so we can pool our resources, set up accountability and move forward. Sign up for the Journey by completing The Journey 2016 survey.
I would like to add my own special thanks to Tim (NewMexicoKid) for all has done and continues to do for this region and the Journey. I'm not sure he's slept since mid-October. He is main catalyst that makes this region the great region it is.
Thanks, Sam; and I would like to thank you for the truly outstanding job you've done in your first year as a co-ML. You've stepped up at every turn, taken on difficult assignments like the bulk of the design of the hipster PDA this year (thanks also to Sarah Johnson, Sarah Kovac and Catherine Brennan for their suggestions). Thanks also for all your support and ideas in the negotiations for sponsorship of the Journey.
Please use this thread to provide your Naperville regional thanks.
We (Sam & Tim) would like to thank:
Congratulations to everyone for what you've achieved this year with your novels, whether you finished them or not, whether you made it to the end of your story or not. For the next steps, look to the Journey, so we can pool our resources, set up accountability and move forward. Sign up for the Journey by completing The Journey 2016 survey.
I would like to add my own special thanks to Tim (NewMexicoKid) for all has done and continues to do for this region and the Journey. I'm not sure he's slept since mid-October. He is main catalyst that makes this region the great region it is.
Thanks, Sam; and I would like to thank you for the truly outstanding job you've done in your first year as a co-ML. You've stepped up at every turn, taken on difficult assignments like the bulk of the design of the hipster PDA this year (thanks also to Sarah Johnson, Sarah Kovac and Catherine Brennan for their suggestions). Thanks also for all your support and ideas in the negotiations for sponsorship of the Journey.
Looking forward to our continuing collaboration.
--Tim