My swap thank you thread

[prattreef]

I just wanted to give a general thank you to the entire MR community for making the swap such a great success. We have a great group of members, volunteers, admins and vendors that all need to work together to make these events come off so seamlessly. You all should be proud of yourselves. FYI, several of our vendors are of the " national" variety, and it always makes me smile when they tell me that of the dozens of shows they attend around the country annually, they always look forward to MR events and consider us among their very favorites to attend.

Special recognition needs to go to the following:

Josh and his family without whom none of this would happen-- try juggling infant twins while you are the man in charge.

Kathy the tireless, who does AN AMAZING amount of work before during and after the event on the raffle and about a dozen other things as well.

Mike Marrrone who quietly is one of the unsung heros of these events being the point man on the water needs of our vendors as well as organizing and staffing the MR auction table all day long and then literally draining all the water back out of vendors tanks and disposing of it.

Frank (Fry) who provides all the electrical support for the event.

And finally Jim (House) from Saltwater Critters who is the on site host for the Pace events while simultaneously acting as a vendor. I don't know how he does it, but does it he does

Kris, Tosiek, Mike ( slammajamma), Janine , Ming, Frank (Cupcake) and surely many others I'm forgetting right now deserve tons of credit as well.

Nice job MR!

 

[Omar]

It was nice to finally meet you. Thanks for having me. Look forward to volunteering for the next swap. Cheers
-O

 

[Aquabacs]

Randy, have to give credit to yourself as well...amazing job done with the event. I had a great time volunteering at the swap and cant wait for the next. Met a awesome bunch of people and only wished I started volunteering for the swaps sooner. You get a real appreciation for everything once you see how it is all put together.

Mike

 

[masterswimmer]

Very nicely put Randy. As stated, the obvious omission from your appreciation list is yourself. Thank you and everyone else on your list.

And thank you to all the great members of MR that came to our booth, both to make purchases and just to say hello to the ole gimpy one in his recliner.

Oh, Danielle, thank you for your delicious home made cc cookies. They were delicious.

I look forward to these swaps more than you can all imagine.

Russ

 

[House of Laughter]

Randy et al,

It's the least I can do for this community. As one of the longest standing members of this board, it's the least I can do to give back.

And agree with all that's said.

Jim