Well, here we are once again: Hogmanay. 31st December to all of those of a non-Celtic persuasion. It’s been a fun year and I’m pleased to see our numbers in the main community growing to over 7000. We’ve seen some great discussion and welcomed a good many new ‘faces’ to the community.

I’m hoping that 2005 will be a year of tremendous development within our community; we’ll be changing things around a bit based on the past year’s feedback, and adding some new features. With some luck we’ll be able to build bridges to other industry resources and try to improve what we have already created so that it’s more useful to you all.

Personally, 2005 represents a great challenge. I’m hoping that I can rise to it and bring this site to more people and secure its long term survival. I’m also hoping that it continues to be as useful and relevant to each member’s daily activities as it seems to have been.

To do this, however, we need your support: tell people if you like what we do; spread the word far and wide, and keep coming back. As I’ve said time and again, a community is only as strong as those people who use it, and so we need you all to get involved. Perhaps you haven’t posted before - well, don’t be shy and go ahead - everyone is welcome!

Of course, it goes without saying that we wish all of our members a happy, safe and prosperous new year. Enjoy yourself, and come back soon and tell us all about it!

Best wishes,

John