SHINDIG - THANKS!!

Hi Brent, et al,

Thanks once again for hosting this year's shindig! Thanks, also to Rich and René and all the others who help make this a success!

I really loved looking at all the fabulous new work. You all set the bar pretty high! I was impressed!

It was great to see you all face-face.

Regards, Ken

What a great pleasure it was to meet so many members from the forum. It is good to be able to put faces to the names, although it might have been better to not put some faces to anything Big thanks again to Brent for allowing us into Qube (which is a fantastic facility), and to Rich and Rene for their outstanding work as moderators.
I am already looking forward to next year's shindig, and also to shooting with some of the members in the coming year
Morris

+1 on thanks to Brent, Rich, Rene and others. Had a great time introducing myself to everyone.

And winning the newsletter CD from Bob was a fantastic turn of luck for me. I have been reading through the newsletters last night and this morning and I can see why they are highly recommended. Great stuff in there and a big thanks to Bob Hitchman for providing the door prize.

S

A GREAT event. I really appreciate all the effort that it took to organize.
Brent, I hope you have lifetime employment at Qube.

The highlight of the evening was certainly Nat's White Elephant "portrait".
So, when are we going to see it on the forum ?????????????
It's too good not to share with everyone.

The Shindig was a blast,
It was nice finally putting faces to names of all the great photos I’ve seen on this site.
And to see some of the photos in actual print form was truly wonderful.
Thanks to everyone who organized this event. I look forward to next year’s shindig.

Kurt

I had a great time, thanks to the folks that made this possible!

it was definitely worth the trip! hope to attend next year.

I enjoyed the evening and it was great to put the faces to the names! Thanks to the organizers for their great work. Hope I can make it next year.

I ditto thanks to the organisers, and to Qube for a great event. It was good to meet forum members, and to put faces to names as Bill said!.

Thanks to all who helped organize the event, especially Rich, Rene, Brent. Also thanks to Grant and Todd for bringing their calendars! It was great to see all of you including some old friends and new faces. Definitely a fun time.

Great to see so many of you guys! Thanks Brent for all the hard work both before and after the event! Thanks as well to our moderators and others who made this event another great success!

Yep, as usual you guys did a fantastic job!

As I said on the shindig post, you guys ROCK! It was nice to see everyone again and meet some new folks too! Great job to all.

GREAT fun!!!

Another fantastic Shindig! Bigger and better than ever!

A big thanks to Brent & Qube for hosting the shindig, and to Rene and Rich for organizing a great event!

I really enjoyed meeting so many folks I hang out with online all the time. I forgot how much fun it is to attend the shindigs! I'll try hard to be there next year!

Thanks Brent, Rich & Rene and everyone else for making it another great evening!

Yes, a good time was had by all. Thanks!

BIG thanks to Brent (for hosting) and Rich/Rene (for organizing) and everyone (for attending!).

Hey, that was so much fun...let's do it again next year.

I think it 's all been said...so I'll just say ditto and thanks!

Thanks to everyone involved in planning and organizing the event. Rich, Rene and Brent D.

Also while I didn't win anything in the raffle, thanks to those who donated items.

Yes, thanks to Rich, Rene and Brent D! Nice to see everyone (except Erik S. ). Bill, I may post that pic of "Nikki" at some point, but first I'll have to see if Nat will pay me off not to post it.

I'll join in the praise and thanks to the organizers, you all did an outstanding job getting everything together!

I also wanted to say that spending time with some of the most talented photographers has been truly inspirational and provided the kick in the butt I needed to get back out there and keep shooting.

Watch it Grant! If it wasn't for me you wouldn't even have that pic!

Had a great time everybody. What it shows me every year is how greatthe people are in this group. We all have a common passion.

Gotta find a way to do some field events this year. definitely would be fun!!

RichieV

As usual, it just keeps getting better every year. In addition to thanking Brent, Rich, and Rene, a big thanks also goes out to the "significant others" who really helped bring this all together (I saw Veronika working her tail off making sure all the food was out and arranged)!

My only regret is the evening went by waaaay to quick. Didn't get a chance to visit with even half the folks there. Maybe a sleepover next year

A big "Thanks" to Rich, Rene and Brent for putting it all together and thanks to everyone who donated door prizes.

Grant, we all know you wanted that picture of Nat so you could hang it beside your bed. Besides, you can't post it on the Internet - that would be kiddie porn. Nat was only 16 years old when it was taken.

Reply posted by Cynthia Spence on 01/19/09 at 09:20 am MST

I think it 's all been said...so I'll just say ditto and thanks!
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I'll "ditto" the "ditto". Great time!

Great time as usual - I look forward to them every year. Thanks to everyone involved! I agree, Ritchie, let's organize some field trips!