Remember when it took a long, soul-seaching vote on this mailing list for each new sysop?

Shucks, I remember when people were still afraid I was going to subvert the whole project for the narrow sectarian interests of (what Erik still calls) my "cult"; but after Jimbo made me a developer no one batted an eye when I started promoting sysops...

I still chuckle when I think of that one math teacher who didn't want me to do mailing list administration, but then mav was like, "Okay, you wanna do it?" "No." "Then quitcherbitchin." (conversation reconstructed from memory ;-)

The key people who "lead by leading" in this project have devoted themselves to keeping up the quality of the articles, the accessibility and ease of use of the servers, and the congeniality/openness of the community.

Three cheers for mav, Eloquence, Angela, Jimbo and the cast of hundreds who keep this show on the road!

Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed