Just back from teaching, I want to thank people for the kind words, but also I want to say that there were a ton of people that helped out with that first conference both at Kansas and virtually that will have my continual gratitude. The volunteers at that first conference helped set the standard in my mind for what AoIR can be in terms of interdisciplinarily, internationally and collegially. The ongoing spirit of collaboration, collegiality and mutual support goes back to the tone established by those early AoIR participants with Steve and Nancy standing out, but there are many, many others, involved in AoIR, some served on exec, but many more have served as conference chairs, reviewers, session chairs, working group members, and have done all kinds of jobs. I know that the work that Ben Bates, Charlie Breindahl and Ulla Bunz was immense by any normal standard and they will always have my gratitude (amongst many) for the work they did. The organization... is the members, and the members do the work, and they make the organization great. The founding story of AoIR in my mind is two fold... there is the canonical print story, which is well published. Then there is the perpetual refounding... when we help the next young scholar, when we point someone to a different resource, when we make a difference in someone's life, that is building a foundation. AoIR is its members, and each member, contributing and participating in the spirit of the organization, in part... continues to found it.