2017 VT Survey

Hi everyone,

First off, I want to thank each and every one of you for being here, and for reading this thread. That alone means more than the world to me, and beyond words that I can find, I’m so grateful for each and every one of you and your contributions to the site. This place wouldn’t exist without you. Whether you’ve been a member for a week, 5 months, or 5 years, thank you, for sharing your life and presence with us, and being such a valuable part of this community.

Now, for the business stuff. Obviously, this year probably wasn’t the best, and some of you might have some choice words to say to me, and honestly, that’s alright, because I deserve it. This year was filled with things that I thought, hoped, and wished for, and while many of them happened, at the same time, many of them didn’t happen. Maybe I spoke too soon about some things, maybe I didn’t speak enough, maybe I waited too long, maybe I was too afraid. I fucked up, and I’m sorry for letting you down.

As we do enter into 2018, every hope that I had for 2017 not only comes with, but also sits a top of the list, with many more. I’ve taken a lot of time over the past couple of weeks to really think about VT, and the future, and all that I want, and I’m very (cautiously) excited to go into 2018, and to hopefully do some fun things and become more active with all of you. I learned a lot in 2017, and hopefully a lot that I can take with into 2018.

So, as we go into 2018, I really want to hear from you. I want to know your thoughts on all things VT, everything from your personal reasons to being on VT to what you like and dislike, to what you want to see. But be honest. This probably won’t be completely positive, and as I said before, that’s okay. I/we can’t improve if you aren’t honest.. but focus on the positives too, and make sure that if there’s something that you enjoy or would like to enjoy, say it, so that we know, and can keep going.

The link to the survey can be found here, and the survey will stay open for 4 weeks, until January 24th 2018. A few housekeeping things to consider as you take this:

• Please only take the survey once. Taking it multiple times will give us less accurate results.
• Consider leaving your username. While it is not required, it’s helpful for us to see. No names will be released or shared beyond members of the senior staff, and unless you first contact us, we will not drill you with questions. Certain suggestions, comments, etc will be shared and discussed with the entire staff, but with full, 100% anonymity.
• Please answer all questions as best you can. If there’s truly a question that you don’t want to answer, you can say something along the lines of “choose not to answer”, but please do not abuse this.

Again, thank you all. Every one of you is so special and important, and I thank you for sticking with us during 2017.

Happy New Year, and here’s to 2018. I love you all.

Val