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I am so very grateful for these posts.

When I took over these forums back in the late 1990's Bob and I and the moderators of that time had a certain vision of how we would operate. We wanted to keep this a place where everyone could chip in their $.02 without fear and on an equal footing with everyone else.

Over the years Bob and I and the other mods have worked hard to keep that vision alive, at no cost to the community of CW reenactors at large. As Mrs. Lawson says, we had a very wonderful gift of free bandwidth for most of that time. Unfortunately, that went away last fall. The result was that we decided to open up the process of contribution to others, but on the same basis as contributions have been made in the past. No glory, no recognition, no foo-fah, just a "virtue is it's own reward" mentality. So there we are.

The really amazing thing is that that wasn't something Bob and I had to impose on anyone. It was something that grew out of the discussions among our staff and some chosen advisors. All were of the same mindset. You can not imagine the satisfaction, the affirmation and the joy of seeing that vision burning in the hearts of others.

Thank you all for making this such a special place.

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