Gilly,

I don't really know who made it #1 or for that matter if it really is
#1. Neal did have a lot to do with it but so did an awful lot of the
old Names. It was the coming together of a bunch of people interested in
sailing and other people who had internet access.

We learned to relax with one another. I don't think there ever was a
leader. It always seemed to be a group. Never anyone who had status
above the group or who wanted it.

We all, the core group, seem to like one another. We've stuck together
in the face of a lot of attacks from both in and outside force. We've
grown together, even grown old, but with in a group of friends.

Don't know how much longer we will be able to do it but it has been a
Ball!

And that! Gilly is this old man view of ASA. It is a part of the
internet that I've loved and not afraid to say it.

SO THE AND!!!! I'LL DRINK TO THAT!

Ole Thom