Acknowledgments

So many women have contributed to this project.  Most importantly, there is the tremendous contribution of the women volunteering to be models.  Many have also contributed in other ways: editing text, making a business plan, editing layout for the book, choosing a name, commenting on the website, formulating a mission statement, writing the press releases and media kits, sitting down and putting in the hours, and making the project happen.  This is all on one level.  On a deeper level, I am grateful for the moral and intellectual support I have received.  I am grateful to those who believed in the project when I lost faith that I could pull it off, to those who pushed me to believe in myself and hence to dedicate myself fully to the project. 

I am grateful to all of the models for their generous contributions. Each volunteer not only contributed her time for the photo shoots; each model also worked with me to develop the text accompanying her photo.   Thank you to:

Amy, Ruth, Malia, Lisa

Anna

Annette

Anni

Ar'nie

Barbara

Carol

Carolyn

Cary

Christine

Cyndi

Daniele

Diane

Djoa

Emi

Ermine

Ewa

Friedel

Heny

Irina

Irina

Jacinta

Jan

Jane

Jo

Lenke

Leslie

Li

Linda

Lisa

Marilee

Melissa

MM

Monique

Nathalie

Pam

Rachel

Renate B

Renate W

Sera

Sheyla

Stephanie

Tanya

Tatiana

Veronica

I wish to thank the people of the American Women's Club of The Hague for their strong support of this project, including a notice about the project in their newsletter and an ad in their magazine to recruit volunteers.  Their help early in the project helped me to find the all-important first volunteers.

A special thank you to Kitty van der Knaap, a marketing professional with her own business here in the Hague, who generously provided advice and a roadmap for the project. 

There are numerous creative consultants who helped me in both real and intangible ways.  Thank you to science writer Naomi Lubick, for believing in the project and convincing me to give it a chance to succeed.  (And also for your editing assistance and outreach support.)  Thank you to Li Bruno, for believing in this project, and for your marketing insight and your generous help in making the project come alive. Thank you to Diane, whose editing help improved the readability and professionalism of the website, the book, press releases, and media coverage.

Several organizations have included links back to this site.  These include The Hague Online, I am Expat, Frommer’s Whatsonwhen, The ExpatList, Expatica, The Antwerp British and International Women, BUST Magazine, Antwerpen.be/Tourism Flanders, Nieuwsblad, Juxtapoz, Uit in Vlaanderen, and Cobra.be.  Thank you.

At its core, this is a project about the volunteers.  It took all of us a lot of time and a lot of effort, and it is truly a labor of love.  It is about the volunteers, and I am grateful for their support and help.

I am most grateful to the support of my wife, Tamara without whom this project would not be possible.  This project is dedicated, with love, to her.