I want to thank all of my good friends, remote colleagues, and all the people that I have never had the pleasure of meeting in person for your involvement with this list. I also want to thank many of you for your kind words to me both on and off the list. The Internet is a lot like the kind of work that many of us do. We interact with people and create impact but we often don't get to see what that impact is. The many thank you's that I received really touched me and reminded me that it was definitely worth it. 

As someone who has spent all of my career at a University, I see acquiring knowledge and the sharing of that knowledge as one of the most valuable things that anyone can do. That's why I've shared lots of what I've learned through the Internet and worked to develop avenues for others to share what they know. All of us working and sharing together are much stronger than each of us apart.

The Web is the better tool for us to keep on sharing so I invite all of you to continue to be part of the great community we have established here by joining the Outdoor Ed Community. Already we have Forums and some great Bloggers. In the next few months I'll be introducing more new ways for us to share.

Just like joining the listserv you only need to enter a username and password and your email address and set up any special options for your profile. Jump to http://www.outdoored.com/community/default.aspx  and click the Join link in the top right corner. For more information go to our Getting Started page

(http://www.outdoored.com/community/themes/default/Common/r.ashx?6 ) and be a part of the next chapter of this great community.

I had the privilege of sending out the first message on this list Thursday 15 Oct 1992 so I also get to send out the last one.

Signing off the AEELIST
See you on the Web
 

Rick