<div dir="ltr">A little sad to not see more responses. I have enjoyed this list for many years and occasionally found good help and advice. I appreciate the willingness to help others that come through in almost any response on this list. It gives me hope. These types of community connections are important. Amy - thank you for having created the spark. Rich - thank you for everything you do to just keep it going. Everybody else - thank you for occasionally helping out a fellow member of this Western Mass community when you respond to a post. <div>Christian </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM AI Zuckerman via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Wow!</div><div><br></div><div>I never imagined that the network would reach its second decade when I started outreach to business owners to create the very first meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Nate Treloar offered space in his south Amherst office and sent out information to the opening event through his 90-person Christmas list. I added a number of people, including members of the new western Mass. Technology Enterprise Council (TEC).</div><div><br></div><div>We expected maybe 10 people. Instead the office was swamped on that amazing night that Hidden Tech (then Hidden TEC) was born. Richard Roth took over building the discussion list with permission of a new board and eventually led development of today's website. By September we had a least 250 on the HT discussion list and by 2010 Rich said there were 2,000.</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone wants to celebrate with me I will take you to the location on Wentworth Farm in Amherst where we held HT's first anniversary party. Or we can meet in Formosa (formerly Amherst Chinese) where our first ever board meeting was held. <br></div><div><br></div><div>And a BIG THANK YOU to Rich for keeping Hidden Tech alive.</div><div><br></div><div>How about writing to this list and tell us all how it has helped you build your business. And find me to tell me your experiences. That would make me very happy.</div><div><br></div><div>be well!</div><div><br></div><div>Amy Zuckerman</div><div>Hidden Tech mother emeritus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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