Hope you all have a wonderful upcoming new year! Every year brings with it new challenges and new opportunities, and I suggest making a list of all the things you might be looking forward to next year.
My list:
Organizing six+
anime conventions that are growing quickly, and seeing what can be done to make them even bigger and better with all the new people.
Upgrading my websites
UpcomingCons and
MaiOtaku. Earlier this year I rewrote four year old code on UpcomingCons's convention listings and did much of the same on MaiOtaku's anime dating site, which means that next year's changes will be focused on in-depth functionality improvements.
Travelling and hopefully bringing my friends. I'd like to spend a lot more time in Japan, learn more Japanese, and start making business contacts that we can invite to our conventions in the future. I want some of
the people who've worked so hard to come and get a chance to experience a new culture too.