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Originally Posted by Mikell Taylor
And on a personal note, as was announced Saturday afternoon, for personal logistical reasons involving a few upcoming intercontinental moves, this was my last year as part of the Boston Regional Planning Committee. I was a founding member of the committee in 2006 and have been President for five years. I admit that usually around early March each year I'm questioning why I volunteer to do this -- it becomes basically a second full time job for several months and by March I'm pretty stressed out -- but during this particular event, I had several very poignant reminders. As the opening chords of "Thunderstruck" started on Friday morning for opening ceremonies and everyone started yelling and cheering. As Eric relayed the GP tale of TJ^2's fall. The incredible excitement of the finals that had me jumping out of my seat behind the scoring table and screaming along with everyone else. The brilliant smiles (and sometimes tears!) on teams' faces as they came through the award lines. The outstanding group of volunteers that make Boston go, whom I have been privileged to get to know over the past years. It has been an incredible, rewarding, humbling experience to be a part of the Boston Regional, and I can't thank all of you enough for being a part of our event and making it worth every bit of stress. I will miss it.
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Mikell,
Thank you for all of your time and devotion.
You are going out on a high note.
Good Luck in your future endeavours.
Maybe a Regional in London? :-)