I would like to wel­come any new RE:Connect read­ers, but par­tic­u­larly my col­leagues from the Waikato Dis­trict Health Board (DHB), who, thanks to the team at Viscom, now have a direct link on the DHB intranet to RE:Connect and the ONS Con­nect web­site. I encour­age you to take some time to browse the ONS Con­nect web­site and read the posts from the other blog­gers. I also encour­age you to visit the ONS web­site. Thanks to these sites, so much knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence can be shared with so many.

This shar­ing is all a part of the jour­ney that I men­tioned in my last blog of 2011. I really am proud to be able to share my jour­ney with so many. I wel­come your com­ments and con­tri­bu­tions, which are what make this learn­ing and shar­ing such a valu­able piece of our every­day practice.

I wish you all the very best for 2012! May you achieve the goals that you set, and may you attain the knowl­edge that you strive for. I’ll close with the words of a very famous New Zealan­der, Sir Edmund Hillary, who once said, “It is not the moun­tain we con­quer but ourselves.”