Eight Months; 2000+ Events

In October 2005, My People Connection celebrated our five-thousandth event with a swanktastic party in Toluca Lake. Five thousand is, well, a pretty big number, and we were pretty darn pleased at how strong and solid our group had become. Our festivities drew nearly three hundred people (even we lost count!), and we celebrated into the night, toasting the success of MyPC.

But we're not ones to rest on our laurels. Here we are, a mere eight months later...and, at the press time of this newsletter, the event counter on our front page is hovering at 6970 events...we're about to hit the seven thousand mark, folks!

Two thousand events in eight months is, simply put, mind-boggling. From humble beginnings, MyPC has grown in size and momemtum like the proverbial ball of snow rolling down the mountainside. And we're not stopping: there's no cliff to drop off or hapless cabin to smash into at the bottom of this mountain. There's a ramp, and we've already launched off and escaped the atmosphere, we are a comet soaring through space, still growing, still accelerating; every charged particle a member like you, brought together with the gravitational pull of events and friendship.

We owe tremendous thanks to our outstanding Event Coordinators,here in Los Angeles as well as our sister city ECs. Their planning and hosting skills have made this group what it is today. Remember, every one of our seven thousand events had an EC! Our Supporting Members also deserve a shout out. Their donations literally pay for our web hosting and other costs.

If we climbed from five thousand to seven thousand events in eight months, how soon do you imagine we'll hit eight thousand? Or nine? Or our ten thousandth event? What phenomenal party to end all parties will we throw to celebrate that milestone? What metaphors will we pull out in that newsletter? I don't think any of us knows yet (though at the rate we're growning, maybe we better start planning!). Regardless, it's gonna be a great road to get there, with plenty of dinners, hikes, movies, museums, plays, game nights, cookie swaps, shows, book clubs, walks, whale-watchings, spa days, yard sales, scavenger hunts, and more. And we're glad to have you along for the ride.