Our winner of the "hands" contest, Stevenmarc, had a death in the family.

[Mira]

He asked to be relieved of the hosting duties for November.
I only found out about it yesterday.

Now you know all I know, and I'm sure you send condolences to him in spirit. He said to me that he hoped to be back when the dust settles. He has deleted all his photos, it looks like that may take a while.

I don't want to be in the forefront of what to do etc.
If there are any ideas about this we may want to have a discussion.

[Celebration]

1. Because of the autumn contest this month

and the fact that it is already the tenth, I suggest we skip this month and put December into the hands of the runnerup. Was that you Mira? I can't remember at this point. I thought I would go on and answer this without knowing the runnerup.

Well you know what they say, "If at any time the winner cannot serve, etc. etc."

But I don't really care. I won't be very available in December or I would volunteer to help out.

Very sorry about Stevenmarc!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What sad news...

My condolences to him at this sorrowful time.

I agree with Celebration; let's skip November.

That way, we'll have time to consider just what to do without the time pressures.

[alfredo]

3. My condolences to Stevenmarc and his loved ones.

[Mz Pip]

4. I agree

We should forego the November contest unless someone wants to jump in and take over.

COndolences to stevenmarc. My thoughts are with him.

[Callalily]

5. Oh such sad, sad news.

Sending prayers for Steven and his family.

And I agree with above statements.

[rdking647]

6. lets skip november

and either have the runner up run it in December or if he/she isnt willing I volunteer to host it

[Mira]

7. It looks like the consensus is to skip November, I think I found out about this

too late to do otherwise.
Yes, I'm on the hook as the first runner up with the hands of my old friends Hans and Margaret.

So, I'll do December, unless someone else really WANTS to do it for whatever reason.

Thank you rdking for your willingness, if you get excited about it it can be wrested from my hands with ease.

I'll start in late November, so come early December we can do submissions and be done before Christmas.

[bluedigger]

8. Probably best.

People get pretty busy this time of year with the holidays and all. Thanks a million for being there for us, Mira! :fistbump:

So sorry to hear about Stevenmarc's loss. :grouphug: