Hey all! This is a bit late, but once again I'd like to thank everyone reading this for participating in this wonderful website for another year.
In the past year we have had:
212 new entries
About 500 new members
One SSS event
Two contests
Three brand new staff members
(and a partridge in a pear tree)
So where are we going from here? Most importantly, Wing Two is getting quite full, which means the Wing Three contest is rapidly approaching! While we can't be sure exactly when it'll be, my guess is we'll be seeing it sometime around June or July. Tagging Wing One is still underway, and will hopefully be reaching a conclusion in the near future. Thanks to everyone who's chipped in to help with that!
As a lot of people have observed, the site has been in a bit of a lull recently: Posting and new member numbers are down from last year, and readership numbers are a bit declined as well. That said, the people we have here are still just as passionate about their work as ever, and there's been lots of great writing to come out of the site over the past 365 days. While I can't give exact promises or details, staff is actively discussing what we can do to try to draw in new people and improve the site experience. The new staff members have been a great help already, and I'm optimistic the infusion of new blood is giving us the energy we need to start pushing the Library to even greater heights.
As a personal reminiscence, I've been with this site for 14 years, and every year has brought great new members, great new stories, and more joy to see it become something I always hoped it would be when there was just a dozen of us hanging out in IRC, swapping stories. Thank you all for being here, and thank you all for the passion and love you bring to the site!
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