Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Happy Holidays!

I want to take this moment to say a SPECIAL THANKS to everyone who has contributed to making My People Connection a success in 2006.

Thanks to all of our hard-working Event Coordinators who have made 2006 our BEST YEAR YET, with an average of 165 events a month in Los Angeles. You've put your whole heart into our club, and we appreciate your dedication.

Thanks, too, to all our members - new and veteran alike - who support our events by showing up, having fun, and meeting new friends while they explore our great city.

Also thanks to our Supporting Members who have financially contributed to the site, literally paying for our servers that all our members benefit from. Their contributions are worth far more than just the $40 a year they donate - without them, we wouldn't have a site.

Thanks to our Los Angeles City Administrator, Jackie, who has kept me sane for the past year while she approved all events, headed up our Event Coordinator (ECs) mentoring program, trained and upgraded our ECs, and co-chaired every fundraising event from inception to D-day. I can't believe she's only been a CA for a year, and she's an integral part of our team.

We also wouldn't be anywhere without our hard-working behind-the-scenes volunteer staff -- Peter, Devon, & Heather P have done a fantastic job on our site's coding and web design. We've counted on each of them for the day-to-day operations of our great site.

Finally, a special thanks to:

- Laura H and Trish D for their work in heading up the EC Support Team, creating a new EC Manual on our site, and creating a venues database as a future resource for ECs.

- Stephanie K and Shane M for planning our rollerskating fundraiser party and brainstorming future events.

- Rosemary C. who manages our exclusive partnership with Laemmle Theatres, including our Laemmle Movie Tuesdays that give our members 40% off tickets when they RSVP through our site for events and allow ECs to host for free. She's done a fantastic job of keeping track of ECs' movie picks, confirming, and posting their events.

- There are also dozens of folks -- too many to mention -- who've contributed to our success in the past year, attending our club-betterment meetings and sharing their great ideas. We appreciate all your help!

Have a great holiday, everyone!!