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Hi Barbara, Thank you for keeping PIEN going strong for all these years. Happy New Year to you too. Linda -- Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Happy New Year from snow-covered Southern Ontario. I hope you all had > a pleasant holiday time. > > It is now over 12 years since the Parkinsn Information Exchange > Network (PIEN) began. The University of Toronto has generously housed > our group all this time. Thousands of messages have passed among > us....information, opinions, support, humour and calls to action. > > Several years ago now, John Cottingham volunteered to help me with the > day-to-day management of PIEN and he has been our guardian angel ever > since. Thank you, John. This past spring, John and I shared as > recipients of the Alan Bonandar Humanitarian Award from the Parkinson > Alliance. We met in New York City in April of this year to attend the > presentation of the award in Central Park. This was the second time > John and I had met in person. What an amazing thing the internet is. > John and I have chatted, co-written documents, made decisions and > managed a lively discussion list together for several years but only > met in person in the spring of 2004. > > I would also like to thank those members who keep PIEN active and > interesting and informative. What would we do without them!! Also, > what would we do without those members (St. Joan for example) who > inspire us to take a more active stance in the fight against > Parkinson's and the fight for the right to search for a cure or > treatment even if an area of research is not currently ‘politically > correct'. > > Welcome to all our new members. I hope your involvement with PIEN is > helpful. Welcome, also, to those researchers who are using PIEN for > some of your data.... but, please let us know when you are doing this > and what the purpose is...as a matter of courtesy. We are all aware, I > am sure, that what we post on PIEN is not private, no matter how > personal it may be. > > May the new year be better for us all. > > > Barb Patterson > List Co-Owner > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn