Summing up the hours of effort

It's back to the day-to-day grind for all of us now, and so as is usual for me, I sit back for a few minutes at the end of a day(s) of catch up, for a bit of reflection on what has passed.

I think we can all agree that it was a success on pretty much all counts. It was also a great deal of work for a small group of people, and to them I would now like to offer a few words of admiration and profound thanks.

Ashley and Matt -- As always, you comported yourselves with a professionalism marked by grace under fire. You guys are top notch and CANDAC is fortunate to be able to call on you time and again in so many diverse capacities. You rock!

Jim Drummond -- Thanks Jim for all the support and the vision and not to mention being willing to take a chance on this.

Tara -- In a word, "WOW!" Tara took this skeletal idea that Kaley and I had dreamt up, and put the flesh and muscle on the bones. Without Tara's efforts we dont' have a program. She covered all the bases and has earned the respect and admiration of all of us that worked with her. As it develped, it wasn't always easy, and it wasn't always smooth but it got done and it was done well. As someone who has spent much of my adult life in the field away from the security of office and lab, I can offer no greater compliment than to say "I'd go into the field with you and do it again, anytime!" Anyone that's put something together far from home can only applaud your efforts. Thanks, Tara, for making it work, and for not getting too upset that I wasn't more upset when maybe I could have been ;-)

One last thing. Even though both Kaley and I get credited, the lions share of that credit on this should go to her. She was the one who was on top of it, keeping an eye of things, while I occasionally showed up to put my 2 cents in.

Hopefully, I haven't missed anyone!

Pierre