I've taken the task of choosing the team so there is absolutely no conflict with the TalkBoard. I'm awaiting final confirmation from a few members as to their absolute commitment - thus the announcement by chexfan, Pete and gottigotti among others who in the final round were having conflicts with work which is not unexpected. I expect to announce in the next day or couple of days the team members. It's very difficult since i as well as you know there are multiple great candidates on FT and perhaps next year we'll raise the funds to help support several teams.

In the meanwhile I'm back to reviewing the team applications - and man do i ever feel small compared to the life adventures of some of our members.

Please no voting - it doesn't influence me and actually a lot of my attention is on members you might not have heard much from but are very capable of representing FlyerTalk on this great challenge.