Introductions

We are grateful to the Paul J. Koessler Foundation and the Western New York Foundation for adding their financial support to our leap of faith. Collectively, we turned to Kevin, based on the strength of his past achievements and his relentless determination, to gather a forum of people from outside our community and outside this project to add one more dimension of knowledge
to the record. Most importantly, this knowledge would be openly available to all the parties involved with this decision, including the general public.

Kevin, yet again you have demonstrated your ability to drag us along with you, to patiently approach and re-approach our skepticism, and to stretch our imagination until we have caught up with you. We have been well rewarded by your willingness to use every ounce of your industriousness, dedication, determination, energy and charm to gather us tonight.

At this time, it is my great honor to introduce my friend and colleague, Kevin Gaughan.

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