As you have probably noticed, there have been a lot of new names posting here at Gear Diary over the past week or so. When I recently wrote the “help wanted” post, I had no idea the type of response we would get; almost 100 potentials replied!

As of today, we have 18 new contributors at Gear Diary, which is a completely mind boggling amount of new talent. These new writers are excited, filled with fabulous ideas, and they have been keeping me extremely busy behind the scenes. In the next week or so, their bios and pictures will be going live on our Contributor’s page; I think you will be surprised by the interesting backgrounds and occupations of this varied crew we have amassed.

Please join me in welcoming Drew Guttadore, Sean Hames, Raymond Ser, Carly Zektzer, Adrian Leibas, David Chao, Federico Cervelli, Jessica Fritsche, Jason Johnson, Jeff Frantz, Jason Reese, Larry Greenberg, Mark Licari, Michael Anderson, Raymond Yu, Spencer Rosengarten, Mark Vlastelica, and Philip Nowlan – our fabulous new Contributors.

This week I have also promoted several Team members into new positions. Please join me in congratulating our new Senior Editor Wayne Schulz, as well as our new Editors Dan Cohen, Clinton Fitch, and Douglas Goldring.

I would also like to thank the Senior Team members for their consistent hard work and faithful support; they are Kerry Woo, Christopher Spera, Chris Gavula, Joel McLaughlin, and David Goodspeed.

Gear Diary is entering a period of unprecedented growth, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to be part of such a talented crew!