It may not be entirely appropriate to use this old “editor wanted” post to write a thank you note to everyone who has helped with the editing of the page this year, but I’d like to combine a “thank you” post with an invitation to join the team.
I started the “Kumamoto-i” mailing list about 18 years ago and then moved to Facebook more-or-less as my own pet project, though I got lots of help at each stage along then way. I’m very happy that many thoughtful and talented writers have come on board to help with the care and feeding of the page and that, in the process, the page has become less of my own pet project and more of a community forum. I am particularly grateful for the posts of other editors during periods in December when I was preoccupied with other matters and unable to post myself. Many people have posted thoughtful, interesting, and well-written posts during the past year but I’d like to thank William in particular for all of the energy he has put into the care and feeding of the page. There are many others I would like to thank as well but I’m afraid that if I try to name everyone I’ll forget one or two and I don’t want anyone to feel slighted or left out. Please know, though, that I appreciate each and every contribution.
One regret I have is that there were a couple of instances when I received requests to help publicize events, etc. but I failed to do anything in time. I’d like to apologize for all such failures and invite people who would like to utilize the page to promote their own projects to come on board as editors. You won’t be asked to post regularly but the capability to post will mean that, when the time comes to get the word out about something, you won’t need to wait for me to help you get the word out.
Thanks and best wishes for a happy 2018!
– Kirk