Thank you to all who participated in the four January 2012 think tanks, established to harvest ideas about Hampshire's future. From my point of view, these conversations have been a real success. Your input will be part of our thinking about directions and priorities, and will help shape our articulation of the Case for Hampshire. A warm thank you to all who participated in the think tanks and/or completed the survey. We have been impressed with the open discussion on the Facebook groups, and grateful for your questions, many of which afforded the opportunity to provide up-to-date information about the College. I have certainly enjoyed being part of the conversation.

Themes and quotes from the discussions are being written into a summary report. We will send the report by email to all participants, so please make sure we have your up-to-date email address (log in to the alumni directories to update your data, or email alumni@hampshire.edu.)

A few more questions for you:

What could/should succeed the January think tanks?

• A new Facebook group about Hampshire, moderated lightly by a staff member?

• New Facebook think tanks on specific non-Hampshire subjects?

• Periodic new Facebook groups on Hampshire subjects?

• Something completely different?

 Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you.

 -- Jonathan Lash, President of Hampshire College