cunundrum

Thank you very much for another series of great events this weekend!

Everyone ... greatly enjoyed the events and ... had such a nice, positive tone. It's obviously been a very hard year, and I truly appreciate everyone's commitment to focusing on [participants] and sending them off well; as well as, of course, everyone's ongoing dedication to our work throughout this difficult time.

Thanks again to particular people for all the critical "behind the scenes" organizational efforts.

Hope you all enjoyed the rest of the holiday weekend.

[sent on sunday morning]

here's the problem. undoubtedly the event was about the people being celebrated, about their next steps. It wasn't the moment to focus on *issues*. and yet. introducing soon-to-be-gone people, not even acknowledging, in passing, something vague about challenges, offering tepid thanks to a staff that has been damaged, some very badly, is, somehow wrong.
an alternative? another suggestion? not entirely sure.
possibly: we're grateful you're here to celebrate; we celebrate you; we acknowledge a difficult year behind us and challenges of various stripes for all of us moving forward. whatever [forward][that] is.