So I’d like to start with just general thanks.
I think this meeting has gone really well.
We’ve gotten some really nice feedback.
We’d like to encourage more of that feedback.
Please send Sarah and me, or anyone that you feel comfortable
corresponding with in this group that’s shown up on the screen,
any suggestions you have or atta-boys or anything.
We are – we’ll soon move into planning for next year,
and so one of our questions is, even if we’re all back in our offices,
should we have this meeting virtually? Or should we do it in part virtually?
So your thoughts about how best to do that.
I’ve been amazed at how well these virtual meetings
the last two years have gone. I was not excited about it,
but I think they’ve been – they’ve been really amazingly great.
And so, to that point, thank you to this group that’s shown here on the screen.
This is the organizing committee. Sarah is our leader.
So, if everyone wouldn’t mind turning on their microphones and doing
a round of applause for these people, especially Sarah, our leader,
I think that would be great.
[applause]
And I’d like to also thank everyone in the audience.
I think the sort of tone and fun-loving nature of the –
of the discussions and the chats and even, for this dog lover,
the mention of cats so frequently is okay.
So also thanks to John, who is our technology guru.
He really adds fun-loving and nature –
his fun-loving nature to this and makes it enjoyable.
And, perhaps most importantly for me, that whole end of it is something
that Sarah and I and everyone else on this committee
doesn’t really have to worry about.
And the last – the last point I’d like to make is, I really – when people
compliment me on this meeting, especially during the meeting –
I thank John for the virtual aspect, and that’s true.
And I – and I [chimes] [inaudible] great contribution from the participants
and the speakers, but I think the reason these meetings are
so successful is because this organizing committee is so devoted.
And they do a great job identifying speakers and putting together sessions.
And I, for one, really appreciate that.
So we could hang out for a long time, but I think I’m getting hoarse. [laughs]
If anyone would like to share any comments, again, please do feel free
to drop your impressions into an email or a text, or however you
want to communicate, to anyone on the organizing committee.
And thank you, and may be early to say this, but I’m thinking of it as,
have a great weekend. Sarah, did you want to say something?
[background music]
- Well, since Keith thanked everyone else, let’s take a moment to thank Keith.
[clapping]
And also, I think, finally, let’s thank all of you because, right, everyone’s
wonderful participation, thoughts, ideas, work, discussion is what
makes this workshop so great. So everyone, give themselves a big
round of applause, and then, as Keith said, happy almost weekend.
[music – Celebration by Kool & the Gang]
- Thank you.
[music]