Still busy getting ready for SMB 2014

This is what happens when your blogger runs off to Alaska--no new posts for over a month.  That doesn't mean that things are slow at PBSS and SMB.  The board has been busy moving us forward and we've all been keeping in touch via email and phone.  I have news to report but limited time.  I'll try to get everyone up-to-date soon.  Sorry about the delay but Carol has to see her bears.  If she doesn't see them in the Fall, she turns into one in the Winter.  The good news is she's seen plenty of bears (over 30 different grizzlies and nearly 100 sightings) and so we are all safe until at least 2015.

Summer membership campaign off to a good start

We launched our Summer membership campaign yesterday and we already have 16 members.  It is gratifying to know that people are still very much interested in SMB.  It was only about a week ago when we realized that expenses for SMB 2014 were starting to happen.  It kind of caught us by surprise.  Fortunately, the membership component was nearly ready and so we put it on the fast track hoping for the best.  Like so many things SMB, we are extremely pleased by how well this is taking off.  It is already helping with the early expenses for the 2014 event.

Membership is the cornerstone of how we will pay for SMB each year.  But it isn't the only way.  We've been very busy with several projects that will bring in additional revenue and you will learn more about them later.

Welcome to the new SMB blog!

We have been testing the new blog for a while to work out the kinks, but we surely didn't get them all and there will be tweaks and outright changes made from time to time.  Expect this blog to be a lot different than the last.  The main change is that it will quickly bring you up to speed with the news about SMB without all the long/changing posts we had last year.  You can also submit ideas for projects online, become a sponsor, learn about membership, etc.  So, like last year, it is still somewhat a work in progress.  But if you happen to remember what the website looked like when we started last year, we are miles and miles ahead of that with this new site.

Btw, find us on Facebook to watch the new mini-documentary video of SMB 2013.