At the 4th anniversary of the SeeSat-L mailing list, it is appropriate to again thank all of you who have made it such a productive endeavor. Many dozens of you have contributed in one way or another, and postings to the list itself make it clear that I speak for a general consensus when I say that these contributions are widely valued. I'm sure if I tried to name everyone who has contributed, I would only end by annoying those I left out by mistake. But I cannot omit a few names. Bart De Pontieu made a uniquely valuable contribution by responding to my suggestion to create the list. He has followed up with strong efforts to deal with the numerous problems which have developed over the years. It is a tribute to his efficiency that most of them have never been apparent to readers of the list. Neil Clifford and Jeff Hunt have also made numerous contributions over a considerable period of time, especially in file distribution and Web presence. If any of you feel strongly enough to e-mail me about anyone you feel I shouldn't have left out, I will summarize your nominations to the list (e.g., I simply don't know what the relative levels of contribution to the FAQ have been, as organized by Sue Worden). Personally, I think Mike McCants would deserve mention, but except for his "satwk" postings, he maintains such a retiring, almost invisible posture, I'm not sure he wants the attention. Two years ago, for those of you who are counting that would be at the 2nd anniversary, I posted excerpts from the e-mail which made up the earliest evidence of the list. I hope these are still available through the usual archival mechanisms. So many of you have posted reports of interesting observations, elsets to help people find interesting objects, vectors to help people generate elsets to help people find interesting objects, detailed observation reports, provocative questions, answers to questions of all kinds, notices of important forthcoming events, helpful suggestions for further investigation, clarifications of thorny issues and confusing points, identifications of unknowns. All of you are valued. Generally speaking, your tone has been positive and your attitudes constructive. Our expectations have been exceeded in this area and we fondly hope this will continue. The vast majority of you deserve our thanks for staying very close to the topic of visual satellite observing. And thanks, too, to all of the many hundreds of you who read the list. The Net only works if all do their jobs, those who supply and maintain the software and hardware which carries the traffic, those who contribute material for distribution, and those who read the contributions. Thanks to all of you! Cheers. Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu M1416 NISSEN -81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation